Sexing Pitch Black Rams rams

[Charlyc]

I need a little help to see if I got it correct. Sorry for the double rams in the title.









Last Pair

 

[coralbandit]

Blacks can be like golds and pretty hard to sex sometimes.
I could not sex every ram I had but I could always find a male and female out of the group.
Good luck!

 

[LizStreithorst]

There are 2 pics of each pair, right?

first pic male to the right, female to the left
3rd pic looks like a male above and I don't know about the fish below it. It appears to have a deformity in the head area.
I believe the last 2 pics are both females. If I could see the end of the dorsal better in the fish next to last pic I would know for sure.

 

[Charlyc]

There are 2 pics of each pair, right?

first pic male to the right, female to the left
3rd pic looks like a male above and I don't know about the fish below it. It appears to have a deformity in the head area.
I believe the last 2 pics are both females. If I could see the end of the dorsal better in the fish next to last pic I would know for sure.

No 1 of each except for the last 2 picture are one pair. These are 5 pairs.

So, if you thought that there were 2 of each pair that means that first two pictures are true pairs.
Added some better pictures of pair #4
Trying to learn from the best.
OK so far this is identified"

PAIR # 1



PAIR # 2



Pair # 3




Pair # 4





Pair # 5

 

[LizStreithorst]

OK.
first pic female on left male on right
second pic need a better close up profile pic
third pic likely male above likely female below is the one that Iooks strange in the head area. Need another pic
forth pair need a good profile close up
5th pic likely female. End of dorsal is hard to see because of the sponge. Would like a better pic
6th pic female

That's not much but it's the best I can do. It's easier to sex them as they mature and the males develop a more obvious cichlid hump. The larger are usually male and the smaller usually female

 

[Charlyc]

Had to remove Pair # 2 and replaced with this one.

Pair # 3

 

[LizStreithorst]

The one in the foreground appears to be male. The one behind for sure female.