Re: L. thayeri and dorsiger

[Fredrik.Ljungberg@saab.se]

L. dorsiger is fairly easy, at least if you've bred/had the fish
and watched them grow up. Females have usually a rounder head, 
males are more pointed. The females have a more pronounced spot
in the dorsal fin. The males have this spot as well but it's
not as clear/visible. Don't look too much for elongated fins,
they don't have any. The females can have slightly pointed anal-
and dorsal fins though not as much as in the males, hard to
tell on younger fish.

Like Mike says, buy a group to get a pair or two. They do
like it best when they can select their own mates. If you're
really tight for space/money you can usually get away with
only buying one pair. It will most likely work quite nicely. 


Good luck
Fredrik L.




>Mike and Diane Wise wrote:
> 
> For me, if the acaras are mature, it's fairly easy. I can't exactly say how in
> words but I can usually sex them with 90% accuracy - sort of like sexing
> brichardi & angels. It takes experience working with the fish.
> 
> 
> Mike Wise
> 
> Piabinha@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > does anyone know how to distinguish male and females in these 2 spp.?  i can
> > tell with curviceps but not with these two.  thanks.
> >
> > tsuh yang chen, nyc


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