Not much info on the web about sexing these guys but i just got this one recently and im just curious what you guys think!
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What Sex is This Mayan Cichlid?
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One of the best ways to determine the sex of many Central American cichlids, is the dark color in the dorsal, and the steepness of profile, (usually less torpedo shaped in males).
below a female carpintus, note the dark area in the dorsal
below a male, no dark dorsal, steep profile
sometimes the dorsal color is very dramatic
Nandopsis tetracanthus female
male, note the profile
even in small species like Crytoheros nanoluteus
female
male
or Vieja type
breidhori female
male
below a female carpintus, note the dark area in the dorsal
below a male, no dark dorsal, steep profile
sometimes the dorsal color is very dramatic
Nandopsis tetracanthus female
male, note the profile
even in small species like Crytoheros nanoluteus
female
male
or Vieja type
breidhori female
male
Here are another couple of examples
female trimaculatus
male
festae females
male
female trimaculatus
male
festae females
male
Gotcha, yeah ive got a pair of carpintis and the female has a distinct black patch on the dorsal, so you guys agree this mayan is a female?
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Yours appears (from the way the dark bar continues into the dorsal, and torpedo like profile) to be female.
A caveat
Sub-dominant males can however, sometimes mimic females.
If you check my video, you will notice the blotches in the dorsal fin of many in the uropthalmus shoals, and occasionally there will be a few none alpha males mixed in.
The alpha males in the cenote, are in territorial caves and spent most of the time hidden.
Below is a shot from the Florida everglades, note the way the mid bar extends into the dorsal of the female in the center of the pic, and the male following behind.
A caveat
Sub-dominant males can however, sometimes mimic females.
If you check my video, you will notice the blotches in the dorsal fin of many in the uropthalmus shoals, and occasionally there will be a few none alpha males mixed in.
The alpha males in the cenote, are in territorial caves and spent most of the time hidden.
Below is a shot from the Florida everglades, note the way the mid bar extends into the dorsal of the female in the center of the pic, and the male following behind.
Gotcha female is what i figured after doing some research. At first i thought i had bought a male. So what size can i expect a female to max out at?
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In cenote Azul the shoals of females and sub-dominant males were 8-10", the dominant males much larger.
The volume of water, constant water change (cool currents of water seem to well up from below), creating pristine conditions in the cenote, compared to fish population, would seem to me to allow for the substantial growth, one may not get in an aquarium.
The uros are very well fed in Azul, beside all the natural foods available, at the entrance, bags of pellets are sold, and the shoals of cichlids swarm right to the tourists to be fed almost like tame pond koi.
The volume of water, constant water change (cool currents of water seem to well up from below), creating pristine conditions in the cenote, compared to fish population, would seem to me to allow for the substantial growth, one may not get in an aquarium.
The uros are very well fed in Azul, beside all the natural foods available, at the entrance, bags of pellets are sold, and the shoals of cichlids swarm right to the tourists to be fed almost like tame pond koi.
W/ Mayans usually a blue/black blotch is usually an indicator of female. Venting is always the best way to sex.
For the record some males of some species can't be sexed just by the spot. H. Deppii is one of those fish.
For the record some males of some species can't be sexed just by the spot. H. Deppii is one of those fish.