Oscar throat sexing? (sounds wrong i know)

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basically i was observing my oscars earlier as they are a pair but have yet to lay so im not sure which is which, however they are a foot long so its not like theyre only babies.

i remember reading that a certain fish is sexed by its lower jaw structure specifically the Mandible (maybe its snakeheads) anyway both of my oscars have a different jaw structure.
the bigger one has 2 lines that meet in the middle joined to the gills,
the other one has the same 2 lines but a large gap inbetween with more skin between. is this just variation or have i found a reliable way to sex oscars?
 
anybody else who has a pair of oscars please look at this for me and if possible take some pictures so we can see if this is the trick to sexing these guys easily
 
this isnt about sexing MY oscars this is about possibly finding a way to help distinguish metamorphical differences between the sexes of oscars, something that until now wasnt really possible, if of course this is correct
 
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