Re: a. trifasciata id

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net>]

Rich,

Males look much like females as juveniles. Females generally do not have
metallic blue on their face while male do. Females rarely reach 2"/5cm in this
species. So if I ever find a large female with blue on the face, I am very
suspicious. It is almost always a large juvenile male. It looks like that is
what happened to you.

Mike Wise

Richard Pooley wrote:

> I feel like a real DA. I have had an a. trifasciata female, so I thought for
> some time now. She looked like every pic I have seen of a female. I went out
> and bought a male to see if the two would spawn. Now, all of a sudden they
> both look like males. They both have longer dorsal rays, and are the same
> size ( about 2 inches long). I know the one that I bought as a male is a
> Guapore. The female? I am not sure where it came from other than the LFS. My
> question is are there any really noticable distinctions that I may be
> missing between male and female? I thought the female would be smaller at
> least. She had dark black on her pectoral fins. Also, she had dark dorsal
> rays. Now they are fading to the same color grayish that the male has. I am
> going nuts here. First I couldn't find a male after mine died. Now I have
> two and can't find a female locally. A little help would really be
> appreciated.            Thanks gang, Rich
>
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