Need help Asap. male or female jack dempsey?

[Oose]

Is there a good way to tell if you have a male or female jack dempsey? Two arrived at my house today and I'm not so sure which is which. I tried to take a picture of them but it didn't come out well. Depending which is which will determine the tank I put them into. Please help anyone. Much smaller than I expected.... probably only 2in at most

 

[honda237]

i know that an easy way is if there is alot of blue spots on its chin, its a female and if there isnt then male
male
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female

 

[Oose]

Thanx that helps some... kind of hard because they're so young, but I think I have it

 

[honda237]

ya it does. but i have noticed that the juvi females still have a good amount of blue on their chin.

 

[freshwaterfishing]

Hard to give you an answer without pics. Females to are also leaner where males and fatter.

 

[Oose]

I'll try and get some pix. I'll put both of them in a tank... neither have a whole lot of blue under the chin but they both seem to have some feint blue

 

[Oose]

about the best i can get at the moment

 

[sd760]

both look female.. or the second one is a male. my guess

 

[honda237]

i would have to say the one on the left is a female and the one on the right is male but might be female.

 

[jlsmonkey]

left looks female and the right one looks male