How can you tell wether a Gold fish is a male or female?

Answer 1

If they've hit puberty, the ones that keep chasing, and according to wikipedia ;), keep nudging, the other fish are the males. The ones who seem like they might try to keep swimming away and occasionally poops an egg or two are the females.

Answer 2

During the spring goldies will exhibit breeding behavior. A male will have white spots on their gill covers and belly. A female will develop eggs. Chances are they will absorb them back into their body. The female will then pass the "eggs". This will be a long strand of hollow, clear poop.

The males, once larger, will have visible spots on their front fins. Just the first vein- it will be thicker. Chances are your goldies aren't large enough to see that. It becomes apparent around 6" or so.

Some people say you can tell by body shape and fin shape. This is really inaccurate. The goldfish has beed modified by man. They are croos-breed and essentially turned into freaks. A Ryukin has a shorter body then an oranda. They say females have shorter bodies- does that make all Ryukins females and all orandas males. It just doesn't work.

Hope this helps. Good Luck!!!

Answer 3

Gold Male fish is male and Gold female fish is female. The male fishes can be found in gyms and the females in the beauty parlours see for yourself and u will recognise

Answer 4

Take a look at their butt. Males will have an innie and females will have an outie. Sometimes they will fool you though, so if they are old enough the males will get breeding tubercles. They are white dots that will appear on their gill plate and the front edge of their pectoral fins. But like mine they aren't always there all the time, mine only get them when they are in the mood to mate.

Answer 5

Just be bold and ask them! If they don't answer (gold fish can be real stuck up), call the Dr Doolittle hot line and get some advice on how to schmooze them. What I don't understand is WHY they are so uncooperative about revealing their sex.

Answer 6

The males on top and the female is on the bottom.

Answer 7

put on the shopping channel...and then see if the fish starts falling asleep and snoring or swimming around frantically with a wallet and jumping out of the fishbowl..everyone has there ways..

Answer 8

The people that work @ the place where you bought your fish should be able to tell you!

Answer 9

Males may have small white spots around their gill areas around spawning time. - I'd go with paleypeach's answer.

Answer 10

put a play boy mag. in the tank if it looks at it its a male