Sex my Jag?

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Slayer2533

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It may be too early to sex my Jaguar but if anyone can it would be good to know. First I thought it was a male but now I am not so sure. Let me know your thoughts on its sex. Sorry for the bad pictures.20170617_080849.jpg 20170617_080848.jpg 20170617_080810.jpg 20170617_080757.jpg 20170617_080752.jpg 20170617_080750.jpg 20170617_080748.jpg 20170617_080743.jpg 20170617_080740.jpg
 
what, about 3 or 4"
 
I personally can not make a call, see nothing to lean either way.
 
Kind of hard to tell at this point. Baby jags look very similar when younger. Here's Caesar, my male jag. He's about 10 inches now

The spots are very solid and thick. From the pics, I would guess female but I think you'll have to wait a little longer before you will know for sure.

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Thanks for the posts guys I have read a lot of Jag posts on the forum and thought he/she might need to grow a couple more inches before it would be possible to determine the sex. Just thought I'd throw a post out anyways to see if any of you Jag experts could tell yet.Thanks for the input.
 
Kind of hard to tell at this point. Baby jags look very similar when younger. Here's Caesar, my male jag. He's about 10 inches now

The spots are very solid and thick. From the pics, I would guess female but I think you'll have to wait a little longer before you will know for sure.

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Nice Jag. Hope mine looks like that one day. Also can Jags be sexed based on fins (pointed fins for males rounded for female) like most other American Cichlids?
 
yes they can but not till they are about 6" and 6 or 7 months old. body shape can also help at that time.
 
you might find this interesting, my F1 pair in pre spawning mode. Jag love is a little aggressive.
 
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