Promised pictures of 9" Electric Blue Jack Dempsey & 13" Oscar

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I had posted a thread yesterday asking if anybody could tell me what my 2 new fish were worth. Thank you everybody that helped me out and gave me an idea of their value (again not interested in selling them...I was just curious)
I had several people ask for me to post pictures of them so here they are!

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Just a regular jack dempsey. No special morph, still pretty though.
 
Thats a standard Jack Dempsey.

Here is what an electric blue looks like... There is no mistaking the two.

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WOW...that is one beautiful fish! And thank you so much for posting the picture of it. I'm not disappointed at all that it's just a regular Jack Dempsey. I was just going by pictures that I could find online. The pictures that I was finding for the regular Jack Dempseys didn't look at all like mine (eg: Wikipedia) they were much lighter almost cream colored with a lot less blue on them....which is why I was thinking he was an electric blue. Because the pictures I found of them looked alot more like him than the others. Totally doesn't matter though we are thrilled with him regardless of what kind he is :) My children have named him "Rainbow Fish" after a fish in one of their favorite story books (and they named the Oscar "Lava") Am I guessing the sex of it right??? It said online that the males have pointy fins and the girls are rounded....so I was thinking it's a male???
And thanks! :)
 
It's definitely a Standard Dempsey, as opposed to an Electric Blue... but still a nice looking fish...

When Dempseys are stressed or are the subdominant fish in a tank they tend to lighten up... so your fish looks comfortable and confident. Good signs...

The pointy fin method of sexing Dempseys is very sketchy. I have several specimen right now that prove that method faulty. But, you are correct in the thought your fish is a male. This is by gauging the 'gill plate' as your fish has a very pale gill plate and females tend to have darker gill plates with blue splotches.

Just to mention, BogWoodBruce, I have two male Blue Dempseys that are 9" & 7"... it's true most do not grow to typical Dempsey sizes, but it's not unheard of.
 
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