Are these correct?

st24rsap

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id go with all males from those shots. Pics pf fish out of water are not always the best for id'ing and sexing though
 

fishheadz

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L129 and all Males. I might change my mind if you post pics of them in the water:ton:

Cheers

thegeeman
:eek:hmy: My water can change your gender!!! You have me scared to take a bath now geeman :lol:

Thanks all.
I'll try and get some pics of them in their tank. Not going to be easy now they have all taken refuge at the mo.
I wasn't sure of the 2nd fish mainly because it's so plump, that had me thinking it was female... but looking closer at it and seeing the amount of odontodal growth it's got i guess it's just a fat male.


Cheers

Steve
 
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cup

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I'd say number two is a female.

Here's the trick for well conditioned debs (since both sexes have significant opercular and pectoral odontodes)---put two side by side and check for odontodes down the sides of the flank. Males have very significant growth here...females, less so.

See: number 3