Platy Male Or Female

[stiffler69]

Hi i have 2 platys in my tank one is quite large and is a female but i can be sure on this one here he/she also pesters the other female can anyone tell what it is from this picture i was told by the pet shop it was a female

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

The orange fish actually looks more like a female molly to me, the rest of the fish in the pic are guppys (the black tuxedo one is a male, the other two look like females) .

 

[wendywc]

Wow, you must have great eyes... I can't tell the sex with that pic myself (because it maybe the angle), but I do agree the orange one looks like a molly.

 

[monica]

Not saying you are wrong, you are probably right, but from that picture I think it is a female platy cross. (like sunsetX somthing elsE)

 

[dunchp]

It is a female Xiphophorus variatus type platy.

Cultivated and very pretty.

You can tell from the shape of the anal fin; it is the same with the guppies. The black guppy is a male and has a gonopodium (a stick shaped anal fin); the guppy in the centre of the aquarium is a female and has a fan shaped anal fin like the platy.

Platies, Swordtails (both Xiphophorus), Guppies and Mollies (both Poecilia) all belong to the Poeciliidae family and can be sexed in the same way.

 

[paul_219]

Yeah its a female. They ;look gr8.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

The orange female still looks more like a molly to me, see this pic of this female orange molly and their body shape looks almost identical;

http/www.bayfish.com.au/images/orange%20molly_sml.jpg

The main reason why i am more lead to believe its a molly and not a platy is that the fish has a longer body than what is usual in platys, but i could be mistaken.

 

[stiffler69]

I must admit it looks nothing like the other two platys and is a complete different body shape, i put it down to it not been fully devoloped and still young as it is smaller