convicts again!

[mudvayne]

i have one blue convict with alot of black stripes and a medium sized brown one with very few stripes.

which one is female and which one is the male?

thanks,
mike (a.k.a. Mudvayne)

 

[schiejr]

Female usually has more gold speckling on the belly and rounder fins, w/o the sharper extensions of the male.

 

[polosniffer]

Females are usually more colorful. One of the clearest signs is a yellow-orange spot that develops on the underside of females when ready to breed. While males generally do have larger fins I've had a number of females that developed fairly prominent dorsal extensions.