Im i a girl???

We all know how difficult it is to identify the sex of these fish, so please post a picture in here and we'll try to help you (or at least give an educated guess!).
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pandadosmares
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Im i a girl???

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i think its a girl, "shes" between 6 and 7cm

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Post by McEve »

Another guessing, yay! :D

It's hard to tell from this angle, but I belive it's a male. Based on the size of the first ray of the pectoral fin, the size of the odontodes, and also - the shape of the fins. But I've been wrong before :)
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Post by Rob »

I'm with you on that one McEve. Although it looks like a young fish.

We may well be rpoven wrong.

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Post by Des »

Pandadosmares,
I think SHE is a Male. Although the photograph is not very clear, you can see the very long cheek odontodes, which amongs others ,are the characteristics of a male.
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Post by Tom2600 »

I second what has been said.

Definitely looks like a young male to me.

Cheers

Tom
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