sexing bay snooks

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can any body help me to sex my petinia splendida...they are about 8 inches....i think they may both be males....i read somewhere that the males have more spots and speckles on their finnage..i hope this isnt true cos if that is so...i have 2 bulls.....:feedback:
 
If you have more than a M/F pair, two males could look like a pair since the dominant male will be more highly colored than the recessive male.

Males become a solid color (with spangles). Females retain remnants of the dark vertical banding of the normal green-morph bay snook.

If raised together, males out pace and outgrow females. And, breeding size females (7-8") will be more plump from egg development. Females reach about a foot.

Males become sexually mature, at about 1/2 their adult size, at 9" (Adult males hit 18-20")
 
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