Sex Texas Please

[abiddle]

Can anyone tell the sex of my Texas?

Thanks!

 

[gnuisance]

It looks like he is developing a nuchal hump which would make him male. This is a male (not my pic) :

 

[q_fish]

looks like a male.. i have a pair of texas and the female is smaller than the male and ur looks like my male lol b=)

 

[Dominator]

looks like a male, but i guess its a female(black blotch on dorsal fin).

 

[sick_lid]

It looks like he is developing a nuchal hump which would make him male.

I have had females with bigger humps than males... and 10"+ males with no hump at all.

 

[Sab_Fan]

sick_lid, since you have kept so many cyanos, do you think the black-blotch-on-the-dorsal-fin theory holds up for identifying females?

it looks to me like the one in the OPs post does have a black blotch . . . I don't think I've ever seen it on a male (?)

 

[sick_lid]

sick_lid, since you have kept so many cyanos, do you think the black-blotch-on-the-dorsal-fin theory holds up for identifying females?

it looks to me like the one in the OPs post does have a black blotch . . . I don't think I've ever seen it on a male (?)

I've heard of this before, but have never been able to base anything off of it in my experiences. Every specimen I have owned has been wild caught by myself, and none of these factors have been the same. I have seen females laying eggs that had no black, and males fertilizing with darker dorsals. I have also seen females with bigger humps than males. I really have no clue how to sex them other than proof to tell you the truth.

I'm curious to hear peoples answers when they shout out male or female, anybody can do that, but the real explanations are what help.

 

[justpgraham]

I've heard of this before, but have never been able to base anything off of it in my experiences. Every specimen I have owned has been wild caught by myself, and none of these factors have been the same. I have seen females laying eggs that had no black, and males fertilizing with darker dorsals. I have also seen females with bigger humps than males. I really have no clue how to sex them other than proof to tell you the truth.

I'm curious to hear peoples answers when they shout out male or female, anybody can do that, but the real explanations are what help.

LoL sisk lid was just gonna take a 50/50 guess now i won't

 

[jgentry]

Looks female to me. Black spot and not shaped right for a male in my opinion. To round looking.

 

[SkidMark]

isnt the black on the dorsal method for carpintis not cyano?