Are both these mollies male?
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Mtnfishman
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I have never kept mollies but I have platys and they are much the same as far as sexual identification. Fan shaped anal fin is female. A gonopodium (rough spike shape thing) where the anal fin is, would be a male. In your pic, the one on top is a male. Your pic isn't real clear but I think the bottom is female with the fan shape. If you can get a better shot of the bottom fish I could say for sure.
Also - With sailfin molly:
Male has large sail fin while females have a lot less pronounced sail fin (top fin).
As Mtnfishman said:
Top one is definitely male. While bottom one looks like female but it's not very clear.
P.S. when they are young (Molly, Platy, Swordtail) Sometimes it can be difficult to tell if they are male or female as gonopodium isn't properly developed. I think after 3 months old you can be fairly certain but before that you might get surprise female looking anal fin develops into gonopodium.
Hope that helps
Top fish is a male, I'm guessing looking at the photo bottom fish is female but need a better photo to be sure.
Sadly, unlike platy, mollie can't change sex. It is always so wonderful to buy a bunch of platy and swordtails and know that no matter how hard you try to avoid males you will have one sooner or later. Sadly mollies are disfunctional and just can't handle it.
carligraceee
Fishaholic
From your pictures given, the top one is the male and the bottom one is a female.
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