red spotted severum, help sexing please

[riano]

ive had a red spotted for a year now, got him or her when they were only an inch long, about 4 inches now and today i got them a friend, about 8 inches long and would be interested if anyone could give their opinion on the sex of each,i had always assumed the smaller to be a male but seeing it next to the new larger one and the difference in shape has made me think again...

the smaller severum

the new one

and a comparison...

 

[wild bill]

Someone here told me to look at the faces males will have squiggly lines females just dots nice fish we have some too,

 

[riano]

thanks, i think i read that somewhere a while ago but then read another post that said both males and females red spotted severums have squiggles on their faces?

to be honest i didnt realise the new one was quite so much bigger than my existing one, or i might have thought twice about getting it but so far so good!

got it for £35 which for an 8 inch fish is unbelievably considering i paid £25 for my smaller one when it was about 1.5-2 inches!

 

[ryansmith83]

I've heard that both male and female super reds have the lines on the face. It's a bit hard to say. I think the bigger one is definitely a male. The only reason I'm leaning toward a female with the smaller one is because a lot of my femail efasciatus seem to have shorter, taller bodies while the males are more elongated. It's a total guess, though.

 

[thefishmaster1]

nice