Sex My Jag

[mostlycichlids]

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u269/akapaul26/MVC-144F.jpg

[MySpace Mike]

Looks male to me due to the goldish color and the light black on him. But sexing Jags is hard due to the male and female are almost identical.

[cichlids86]

alot of times, it is easy to distinguish, when mature, male usually have dotted body, female have dotted body too but have a straight thick black line across the body.(sometimes male have one too.) yours looks like a male.

[Rbishop]

Sorry...I am happily married...

[mickey]

Very nicely marked male you have there.

[Vicious_Fish]

Looks like a male to me too.

[mostlycichlids]

Any other comments

[mostlycichlids]

Tell why and how you came to your conclusion.

[killieskid]

its a male, the males spots go all the way to the edge of the fins, the females spots stop at the the fins.

[killieskid]

i don't know, most males i have seen have a more purple tint rather then gold, but that could be the lighting in the pic, and after looking again the spots stop halfway into the fins, so..., nah, its a male

[mostlycichlids]

Well.....She is actually in her breeding colors in this picture. She lays eggs every 3 weeks or so. I just wanted to see everyones reasoning for sexing said fish. Some fish just can't be sexed from looks alone. Behavior and coloration is just a good way to have a good idea in some fish. I already knew the sex before posting this thread. I just wanted to see what everyones reasoning was for sexing this particular jag. Consider this an experiment if you will.

I wanted to prove a point that fins and coloration etc. are not always accurate ways of sexing a fish. There are so many threads out there that argue points that many fish can be sexed by coloration, pattern, and fins etc. I just wanted to prove a point!

[Vicious_Fish]

Males have a copper sheen and when the light hits them right they have a purple tint to them too. They are usually spotted and lack bars. Females aren't very shiny and usually have the juvenile bar pattern along their sides. Females are plumper while males are more elongated. But these traits are not always the case. It is easier to compare the sex of a Jag when several fish are present together.

[Vicious_Fish]

Well.....She is actually in her breeding colors in this picture. She lays eggs every 3 weeks or so. I just wanted to see everyones reasoning for sexing said fish. Some fish just can't be sexed from looks alone. Behavior and coloration is just a good way to have a good idea in some fish. I already knew the sex before posting this thread. I just wanted to see what everyones reasoning was for sexing this particular jag. Consider this an experiment if you will.

I wanted to prove a point that fins and coloration etc. are not always accurate ways of sexing a fish. There are so many threads out there that argue points that many fish can be sexed by coloration, pattern, and fins etc. I just wanted to prove a point!

So I guess your saying that there is no hope in sexing Jags? Like I said in my other post, you can't always go with what is said about coloration. Did you post this on MonsterFishKeepers? I swear someone did the same thing a month ago.

My male jag has bars on it's side that most other males loose when maturing. Coloration also depends on where the jag came from in the wild. Some areas of it's range it has more black coloration and in some areas the population is more gold.

Your FEMALE jag has some nice coloration to her! Congrats!

[mostlycichlids]

So I guess your saying that there is no hope in sexing Jags? Like I said in my other post, you can't always go with what is said about coloration. Did you post this on MonsterFishKeepers? I swear someone did the same thing a month ago.

My male jag has bars on it's side that most other males loose when maturing. Coloration also depends on where the jag came from in the wild. Some areas of it's range it has more black coloration and in some areas the population is more gold.

Your FEMALE jag has some nice coloration to her! Congrats!

Thanks, Your Jag is very nice looking too. I am a member on MFK but I did not post this over there. Im not saying there is no hope sexing them. I am saying they can be hard to sex sometimes by looks alone.

[Vicious_Fish]

Thanks, Your Jag is very nice looking too. I am a member on MFK but I did not post this over there. Im not saying there is no hope sexing them. I am saying they can be hard to sex sometimes by looks alone.

Thanks, I've had him for about 5 years. He's one of my favorite fish that I have. I'd like to get a female one day and breed them.

Yep, it doesn't always work with color, best to go by bodyshape. But laying eggs always helps too!:)

[killieskid]

Gee vicious-fish, nice looking Jag too! I love the Jag, just a great fish. mine is still a baby. You got me on that paul, i guessed a male too, but her coloring did throw me off, i did think for a min. she might be a she, but decided male because the spots went all the way to the top of her fins. it is rather hard to tell.

[Vicious_Fish]

Thanks for the complement killieskid!