Please Help ID/Sex These New Peacocks

FishForums.net Pet of the Month
🐶 POTM Poll is Open! 🦎 Click here to Vote! 🐰

Juiced

New Member
Joined
Nov 2, 2021
Messages
21
Reaction score
11
Location
Australia
Picked up a bunch of Peacock's today, except no.5 cant remember the species now for the life of me, but not too sure on the species of a few as they were all just labelled as "Assorted Peacocks", other than the OB's.
Thinking all of them are males due to the pointed dorsals but if you could ID and sex each fish that would be amazing!
*2 Photos of Each Fish*

271053293_692917851694295_6496500856970134114_n.jpg
270236086_1119480925472482_1026519089212687130_n.jpg

270246363_3292997497689771_1561115248612286292_n.jpg
269853360_609203950184416_3870264713164316845_n.jpg

270205698_505971904042263_8595291468234731772_n.jpg
270167546_1328187290977049_6811645734275520114_n.jpg

270206985_207478101593475_5203278173861442112_n.jpg
270243328_299220878830684_8824509465559108265_n.jpg

270281444_794247288640097_5879758666931188533_n.jpg
269915747_958423908431006_1910365511247391617_n.jpg

270203378_1195804894161354_639012962284322706_n.jpg
270244401_326449686016631_937564682998387742_n.jpg

270185121_211243634555337_4389900485952268443_n.jpg
270173365_1092011544927142_3434753267134547531_n.jpg
 
the ones with pointed fins are most likely male and the ones with round fins are most likel female
 
the ones with pointed fins are most likely male and the ones with round fins are most likel female
yeah had mentioned that in the post, was more just looking for clarification, they all seem like males to me other than maybe the OB's
 
Picked up a bunch of Peacock's today, except no.5 cant remember the species now for the life of me, but not too sure on the species of a few as they were all just labelled as "Assorted Peacocks", other than the OB's.
Thinking all of them are males due to the pointed dorsals but if you could ID and sex each fish that would be amazing!
*2 Photos of Each Fish*

View attachment 151376View attachment 151377male
femaleView attachment 151378View attachment 151379
View attachment 151380femaleView attachment 151381
View attachment 151382female or small male?View attachment 151383
View attachment 151384View attachment 151385
View attachment 151386maleView attachment 151387
View attachment 151388maleView attachment 151389
 
yeah had mentioned that in the post, was more just looking for clarification, they all seem like males to me other than maybe the OB's
the albino looks like a female but it has sorta pointed fins idk probably small male or a female
 
Males have longer more pointed dorsal (top) and anal (bottom) fins.
Males have colour and females are usually silver/ grey without any major colour.
Males get bigger.
Males have egg spots (yellow dots) on their anal fins. Females don't normally have egg spots but some do have the odd spot.

The fish look young and young males can resemble females, but starting at the top:
first 2 pictures, males.
3rd & 4th pictures look like females OB (orange blotch/ marble peacock)
5, 6, 7 & 8 look like young males.

9 & 10 look like a Protomelas species of cichlid

11, 12, 13 & 14 males.

Last 2 pics (albino/ lutino) looks like a male.

I'm not going to try to identify species because they are a bit young.
 
I’ll try my best here to ID

1. Sunshine cichlid
2. OB or calico cichlid
3. Jacobfreiberg or fairy cichlid


Others im not too sure
 

Most reactions

trending

Staff online

Back
Top