female gobie?

[nino]

we have to bumble bee gobies in our community tank. we've had them for about a month and they're not growing although we feed them live food everday. one of the gobies is significantly larger than the other, and today i noticed that the smaller one is rather plump in the belly. could it be a female laden with eggs? does anybody know how to distinguish between male and female on these fishes?

 

[SirMinion]

The female is the one wearing eyeshadow.





Sorry.

 

[MAM]

read this:

http/www.aquaria.info/modules.php?op=mod...order=0&thold=0

 

[HotStuffGal]

The female has duller colors and the male brighter!

 

[Puffer_freak]

The female is the one wearing eyeshadow.

Ha ha ha!

LOL warning, LOL warning!!! )

 

[Bling]

I read the post suggested by MAM -- thank you -- I'm interested in everything about bumblebee gobies! But those fish in the picture don't look anything like mine. I think mine are the more brackish-marine type from around the Philippines (since I'm here in Hawaii, not TOO far away. . .) BB Gobies are pretty rare around here, though. And I can't tell which one has the eyeshadow either!