gender? Platies

[ocez]

how can you tell the difference between male and female Platies?

 

[mandi]

It's really easy.

Take a look at this pinned article -- it has pics and should tell you just about everything you could need/want to know.

 

[Vegan Peaches]

In case you're too lazy to read that,

Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Female

 

[David]

The male has a gonopodium, a small tubelike extension of the anal fin, which is used to transmit sperm into the females body. The females obvously lack this, and have a fan shaped anal fin.