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!).
This will go well with my other L260's, but I got uncertain about the sex of this fish.... It has the interopercular odontodes of a male - which I bought it as, but it has a completely white belly.
I know there are several people here that keep them, that's why I ask here, even though it is slightly (?) off topic.
Hi Mceve
I would say from the pic ,that is is a female .....................but males can have white bellys too......as females can have marbled bellys...............time will tell
sid...........perfection dont come easy ,but i get by
McEve I've got some pretty fuzzy girls in the group, but none with opercular odontodes to that extent. Will you get me a picture of the fish from directly above? They tend to be pretty easy to sex that way after figuring out zebras. It's a beautiful fish either way!
It's too late for that I'm afraid Barbie. I was so sure it was a male until I remembered the white belly/marbled belly thing that I didn't take pictures of it befor letting it in the tank. Now it's residing somehwere under a ton of java moss and stones
McEve,
Even though it has long cheek bristles, it does not have (or seem to have) any leading pectoral fin odontodes from the photograph. If I were to choose , I would say female. I too have some like yours and am waiting for them to fill out to be 100% sure.
Des.
Nope, no mind changing. I still need a picture from above to be positive, but I say it's a male. The odontodes laying outside the opercular groove is a sure sign it's a male according to Larry Vires, and so far, he's been right. I've got a few zebra females that are close to edging out of the groove, but none with it looking that distinct.
