Sexing Cichlids Pictures

**Ocellatus** · 12-04-2009, 07:16 PM

Green Terrors

They are not hard to sex. females are usually darker than males, and have rounder bellies. theres sometimes a black spot on their face like that one on the middle of their body. male's may have it too but its not that clear.
males have more extended fins edge and usually more bright colors on the body.

breeding tube of females is totally rounder and bigger. male's is tiny and pointed backward.

**Lady Hobbs** · 01-07-2010, 01:34 PM

Thank you Blu-ray for reposting your photos. They're a great help in sexing the males from the females.

**Northernguy** · 01-07-2010, 01:46 PM

This is a great thread!You beat me too it Hobbs!

I was going to dig it up today because of the breeding tube questions that are being asked today.

**kay7** · 07-29-2011, 03:08 PM

so hey how would you sex Jaguar cichlids? :)

**Lady Hobbs** · 07-29-2011, 03:22 PM

Males should be larger and more colored up but they will have the same breeding tubes displayed at spawning.

**Lady Hobbs** · 03-21-2013, 01:54 PM

These disappeared from first post.

Female

Male

These are not my photo's to be clear. I got them from another forum and brought them here after being granted permission from the owner of these photo's to use them here.