Is this Convict Cichlid male or female?

Question

Is this Convict Cichlid male or female? Trying to breed and not sure now.

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i don't want information i want to know if its male or female. I know about the orange but its got one or two dull spots of browny orange

Answer 1

I would guess it's a male but it's hard to tell because the picture is quite blurry.If you have a male and female they should breed soon so if they don't maybe you've got 2 of the same sex.

Answer 2

You know what dude, i wanna say it is a male, but Im not so sure. The tail seems to be very blunt like a females, but the anal fin has a nice point on it and you also did mention that it has some orange. So without more clear photos than the ones you gave us, its really hard to decipher. Some females the orange can be very lite or dull and hard to see, so go with ur best judgement, if you see orange, its a female, if not its a male. Also watch the size of the fish, the females stay about 3 inches. They dont normally get much bigger than that. The males tend to be much larger.

Answer 3

The wild-type of the species has 8-9 black vertical bars on a blue-grey body, along with a dark blotch on the operculum. Juvenile convict cichlids are monomorphic until they reach sexual maturity. Unusually for fish, the female is more highly coloured. Along with being smaller, female convict cichlids have more intensely coloured black bands across the body and have pink to orange colouration in the ventral region and on the dorsal fin. In contrast, male convict cichlids are larger, have more pointed ventral, dorsal and anal fins which often extend into filaments. In addition, older males frequently develop vestigial fatty lumps on their foreheads. The average standard length of breeding sized males in the wild ranged from 63-66 millimetres, while breeding sized females ranged from 42-55 millimetres. The maximum standard length has been reported to be 100 millimetres, with total length near 120 millimetres. Body weight has been reported to range from 34-36 grams (1.2-1.3 oz). Selective breeding has resulted in a leucistic strain of convict cichlids variously known as white convicts, pink convicts, gold convicts and A. nigrofasciatus "Kongo", the dark barring of the wild type is absent in the leucistic strain. The leucistic colouration is caused by a mutation in an autosomal gene and is recessively inherited.

Answer 4

If it has orange its a Female, males don't have Orange.
Heres a website that tells you how to breed Convict Cichlids.
http://www.cichlidresearch.com/simpleaquarium.html
Good Luck

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Answer 5

I'd say it was a male, beacause its fins are whispy and flowing, a female has more rounded fins.The male should also have a slight lump on his forehead but i cant see that from the picture.the female is usually smaller aswel. The female also develops more intense colouring during breeding.

Answer 6

Elongated fin tips. Male. 100% sure. next question

Answer 7

it's a male

Answer 8

http://cichlidresearch.com/simpleaquarium.html

female
http://www.angelfire.com/blog/convictmi/male2.jpg

male
http://www.cichlids.com/pictures/pic/Male_Convict_feale_is_hiding.html

I hope these sites help you out a bit
good luck