Norman’s Lampeye - Male or Female?

Ccp009 · Mar 8, 2020

Hi,
Is anyone any good at sexing Lampeyes? Can’t work out if the one in the pictures is a male or female? (It’s the same one in all the pics just diff angles)

Barry Tetra · Mar 8, 2020

I think its a male.

Ccp009 · Mar 8, 2020

Thanks.

Back in the fold · Mar 8, 2020

They can be difficult to tell apart. I'm no expert on Lampeye's but I wanted to chime in and say that you are lucky. You don't find those all the time. Nice fish.

Retired Viking · Mar 8, 2020

It is a nice looking fish, looks small, do they shoal?

ElissaBee · Mar 10, 2020

Are yours fully grown? I have 4 of them in my tank (one of them jumped out

). When I first got them a month or so ago I think they were not fully mature but now I can tell my 3 males easily from the one female by the anal fin. The anal fin on the males is much sharper and has more a "swoosh" shape while the female's is more rounded. Also the males have a yellowish hue.

Ccp009 · Mar 14, 2020

Back in the fold said:
They can be difficult to tell apart. I'm no expert on Lampeye's but I wanted to chime in and say that you are lucky. You don't find those all the time. Nice fish.

Thanks.

Ccp009 · Mar 14, 2020

Retired Viking said:
It is a nice looking fish, looks small, do they shoal?

Thanks, they look great in a shoal.

Ccp009 · Mar 14, 2020

ElissaBee said:
Are yours fully grown? I have 4 of them in my tank (one of them jumped out ). When I first got them a month or so ago I think they were not fully mature but now I can tell my 3 males easily from the one female by the anal fin. The anal fin on the males is much sharper and has more a "swoosh" shape while the female's is more rounded. Also the males have a yellowish hue.

Yes it’s mature. So is mine male or female then in your opinion?