Sexing my Vieja Argentea

[Subaru]

Can anyone tell me if this is a male or female? I've had this fish since about 1 inch. he/she is currently around 5 inches and lives in my 125g.

 

[albyoscar]

Sorry but I need a closer look .... send them to me and i will ley you know lol. But seriously I'm no good at sexing fish but wanted to comment on how beautiful your fish are!

 

[duanes]

It may be too soon to tell.
Males generally have a steeper profile, and less dark colored markings.
Below is a male I had.

To me yours looks female, but it just may not be mature enough to positively tell, takes them about 3 years

 

[Modest_Man]

It's a female, definitely doesn't take 3 years to tell.

 

[the animal guy]

It's a female, definitely doesn't take 3 years to tell.

3 years ! that's too long. Is that adult yet?

How how is their life span? And what would prove that?


besides venting, how else do you sex them ?

 

[Modest_Man]

You can sex them by looking at the small black spotting. Males have much more randomly distributed. Females have less, but it's uniformly distributed, with approximately one per scale.

 

[Subaru]

thanks for all your responses! I'm still deciding on some take mates for her. she's housed with a short body vieja synspilum and two eclipse catfish.


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[duanes]

JMO but......It would be a shame to try to mate her with anything but another argentea.

 

[the animal guy]

thanks for all your responses! I'm still deciding on some take mates for her. she's housed with a short body vieja synspilum and two eclipse catfish.


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thanks. Now I know that..