Sexing Severums
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It depends on the species. Green, turquoise, and rotkiel males usually have a worming pattern on the cheeks, gill plates, and across the bridge of the nose while females have a mostly solid face.
Mouthbrooder males often have small freckles in the face and gills and more red, but it's subtle and I've seen dominant females with just as much color and the same spotting. It's not always reliable.
Notatus males have black spots on the face and gills while females do not.
Golds and super reds are tricky. Because they are line bred, females will sometimes show facial spotting like the males. In most instances with golds, males develop the red lines/spots in the face and body while females are more solid, but this isn't always the case. Super reds all have spots on the face.
Mouthbrooder males often have small freckles in the face and gills and more red, but it's subtle and I've seen dominant females with just as much color and the same spotting. It's not always reliable.
Notatus males have black spots on the face and gills while females do not.
Golds and super reds are tricky. Because they are line bred, females will sometimes show facial spotting like the males. In most instances with golds, males develop the red lines/spots in the face and body while females are more solid, but this isn't always the case. Super reds all have spots on the face.
Heros severus and Heros sp. Atabapo. Some think they are the same species, other think the Atabapos should be their own. There are slight differences in body shape and coloration but they mostly look similar. The fish in my avatar is a female Heros severus.
Here's my Atabapo pair with their fry:
[video=youtube_share;iBLU6iSvxlI]http://youtu.be/iBLU6iSvxlI[/video]
Here's my Atabapo pair with their fry:
[video=youtube_share;iBLU6iSvxlI]http://youtu.be/iBLU6iSvxlI[/video]
Well my Gold and Red were what I was wondering about... Lol they keep acting like they are breeding but I thought they were both males
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Got any pics for us?
Golds and reds are often just said to be undefined genders until you see them breed and see the papilla. It's the same with angelfish. The difference in the sexes is so small that even long time severum keepers/breeders can be wrong.
I know I have a female turquoise severum and I kind of hope the super red I just got will be male and they will pair up. But that is quite a long shot.
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Beautiful sevs. They both look male to me. But again, with line breeding the sexes can easily be mixed up.
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They both look male. I would say the gold is almost definitely a male. The super red can go either way. But if you've seen no eggs, I'd say they're males. What kind of behavior makes you think they're spawning?