plz help name the sex of this salvini

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i have no clue on how to sex salvini but i'm going to watch this thread because i just bought one and it looks a lot like yours... only about 1.5" though haha.
 
Black blotch on the dorsal and a reasonable sized black spot on the operculum indicates a female.

Males tend to have the black blotch on the dorsal but only have a really tiny black dot surrounded by fluorescent blue lining. Females have a much bigger black to blue ratio if that makes sense.

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Male, not the small dot right at the rear end of the operculum - no black in this one.

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Female blotch.

That should pretty much cover it.
 
damn japes are you stoned LOL. i know what you're talking about but that hurt my head to read.

but yeah what japes said is spot on

females = black dot surrounded by blue on gill plate. also tend to have alot of red on their bodies

MALES = no dot on gill plate and more blue down body
 
CubanB;2891867; said:
damn japes are you stoned LOL. i know what you're talking about but that hurt my head to read.

Are you stoned? How is that hard to read? :confused:


CubanB;2891867; said:
MALES = no dot on gill plate and more blue down body

Not always true, some males have a small dot, and pretty much all males have the fluorescent blue lining regardless of whether there's a dot or not.
 
japes;2891883; said:
Are you stoned? How is that hard to read? :confused:

umm yeah :) maybe thats the problem lol



japes;2891883; said:
Not always true, some males have a small dot, and pretty much all males have the fluorescent blue lining regardless of whether there's a dot or not.

fair enough. IME, my males have never displayed the black dot on their gill plate, only females. i agree though that the males will still have blue on their gill plate.

not havin a dig mate - just messin. :grinno:
 
Hey Bigdaddy, where in michigan are you from, im also a michigander and traded in a salvini to a lfs that looked alot like that...lol
 
im in marquette michigan towards the top of the u.p.
 
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