A Female Jack Dempsey Right?

At first I thought this was a male JD

But as it consistently shows a darker underside seems like it’s a female?

It is 4” now. 7months or so old.

 

Looks like a male to me. More pictures might help.

 

Looks like a male to me. More pictures might help.

 

Very odd. It lacks the facial markings of a female, but the rest of the fish has a definite female look to it. I'd say give it some time to see if the body colors up, or the face. 4 inches should be sexable, but sometimes color can take a while to develop fully.

 

Hey man, I've actually had two hermaphrodite animals in my life, a cat and a chicken! Sometimes male/female isn't quite as clear as all that XD

 

Very odd. It lacks the facial markings of a female, but the rest of the fish has a definite female look to it. I'd say give it some time to see if the body colors up, or the face. 4 inches should be sexable, but sometimes color can take a while to develop fully.

It is 4”+ now. And it gets dark underbelly from time to time. That’s what puzzles me. I always thought it’s a male. But today it was cleaning a slate. Another thing is it fights with all other “female CAs” in the tank. Fight as in no body contact but still challenge. But very friendly with the males including my blood parrot male. It really hates my convict female. All my male CA cichlids love my female convict as female convict always friendly with them too. I have 4 other males in the tank. Which includes a big blood parrot some juveniles like a San Padro Beanie, SalvinI and an adult male firemouth.

It’s in a deep 90G (odd dimensions slightly tall) on a 5ft tall stand. I am too lazy to catch it as I will have to shower if I try to catch it.

 

How about this one?

This I thought was a female now to my eyes looks more of a male








Both of them back in end April 2018

 

Second one barely has a streak on the cheek, which would indicate female, but it has more spangles on the body. However, females can have some spangling, and the abdomen certainly suggests female.

I'd just call them an odd strain of Jacks. The species has been aquarium bred for so long that changes in appearance are almost inevitable.

 

Second one barely has a streak on the cheek, which would indicate female, but it has more spangles on the body. However, females can have some spangling, and the abdomen certainly suggests female.

I'd just call them an odd strain of Jacks. The species has been aquarium bred for so long that changes in appearance are almost inevitable.

Thanks. They seem to have no interest in each other other than chasing. So they are housed separately as of now.

 

my female JD looked exactly like yours at younger ages. look at the pelvic fins. females have short fat ones and males have long thin pelvic fins.