Sexing electric yellow

[ccg]

Can someone please help me sex yellow labs? Not to sure how to tell the difference.

Thanks.

 

[sylvia]

Young yellow labs are difficult to sex accurately but, as they mature, it becomes more obvious. The males have much more black on their fins - particularly the dorsal. Males are also generaly larger and the females look, over-all, plumper and stouter.

 

[ccg]

My next question:

The two I just got (first time cichlid owner) have no black on them at all. They are both nearly 4 inches long. Also, I have noticed that there is a little white spot on the one fish, not on the tail fin, but the fin just below that (whatever that is called). When I was at the LFS several of them had the white spots, and several didn't. What is it, and why do some have it and some don't?

Thanks for all the help.


EDIT: Just read the pinned topic, I supose this is an egg spot then?

 

[sylvia]

Yes, those are egg spots.

Unless you don't have yellow labs, they should all have some black. Then again, I can't remember for certain whether the albino version has black on it or not - do a google search for pics - I think it doesn't.

 

[vantgE]

There is no way to sex labidochromis caeruleus, unless you vent it pull it out of the watter and look at the naughty places, blackness in areas may be true for some fish closely related but still mostly unreliable and color and size has as much to do with dominance and enviroment as it does sex, behaviour can be a good clue but it won't tell anything for certain

 

[freshmike]

Black pecs.

 

[vantgE]

no