Please sex these L397

[Kangus]

hi all
i have 3 397s and would really appreciate some opinions on the sex of them. I think they are all males :cry: as they all have the hairy tail, but the body shape threw me a bit - are they just fatboys?
hopefully these pics are good enough

group shots

individuals

 

[Irene0100]

very difficult. they may be all male, but the females can get hairy and I think its possible one is female, left hand one top pic. they are all nice and well fed, but males are broader shouldered and have rounder faces, females have a more pointed nose. hard to tell in some of the pics as they are not lying flat and have head raised against glass so nose shape is unclear. they may not breed if two males in same tank, so I would try and put the most male male and the poss female together in a tank.

 

[bigbird]

agree with Irene, look like 3 male but poss one F cheers jk :thumbup:
If you can, get individual shots, with white paper background. top and side shot cheers

 

[Bigjohnnofish]

3 boys... never seen a hairy butt on a female 397....... but i could be wrong... :whistle:

 

[Kangus]

sigh, i thought so. Thank you all for the input. Anyone have a girl for sale?

 

[bigbird]

put an add in WTB secion or contact Brengun the L397 queen. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[Kangus]

thanks BB, im waiting to hear back from a local with some before i do that. These were actually from brengun originally as 4cm fry

 

[Brengun]

Bummer, sorry you got 3 males Kangus. The nose shapes do look a bit different and even the body shapes but females only get a bit of soft hair on the tails, not actually hard odontodes like the males. If you pick them up you should immediately feel if one is smooth or not.

 

[tubbi]

Nice healthy fat males you got there, maybe they ate all the girls?

 

[Kangus]

Bummer, sorry you got 3 males Kangus. The nose shapes do look a bit different and even the body shapes but females only get a bit of soft hair on the tails, not actually hard odontodes like the males. If you pick them up you should immediately feel if one is smooth or not.

haha no worries Bren, i do love the 397s tho its the risk when purchasing fry i spose. I will give them the double check when i catch them again. Thanks!

 

[lealea]

I would say 100% male usually with this species female are smooth very easy to idenify the difference when of age.