Help!!! for correct sex, is Apisto. Pertensis female?

[miguelgr7]

Hello everyone. you can tell if a female Petensis?, Greetings

 

[Andrew Powell]

Looks like a male to me but I maybe wrong, lovely fish though

 

[miguelgr7]

Looks like a male to me but I maybe wrong, lovely fish though

Thanks for you help Adrew.

 

[Andrew Powell]

Thanks for you help Andrew.

No problems, hopefully Mike or TomC will see this post and will be able to confirm whether it is a male or female..

 

[miguelgr7]

No problems, hopefully Mike or TomC will see this post and will be able to confirm whether it is a male or female..

Okay Andrew thanks.

 

[Mike Wise]

First, the fish does not appear to be the true (holotype) A. pertensis. The body appears to be too deep/high-backed and laterally compressed for the real A. pertensis. It looks like one of the forms/species of A. cf. pertensis. How large is this fish? It could help in sexing the fish.

 

[miguelgr7]

First, the fish does not appear to be the true (holotype) A. pertensis. The body appears to be too deep/high-backed and laterally compressed for the real A. pertensis. It looks like one of the forms/species of A. cf. pertensis. How large is this fish? It could help in sexing the fish.

Hello Mike, thanks for your prompt response the size is 1.6 inch

 

[Mike Wise]

At 35mm/1.6" the fish is still a bit too young to positively sex. Yet I tend to agree with Andrew that it is a young male. The pattern on the caudal fin seems too dark/distinct for a typical pertensis-complex female.

 

[miguelgr7]

At 35mm/1.6" the fish is still a bit too young to positively sex. Yet I tend to agree with Andrew that it is a young male. The pattern on the caudal fin seems too dark/distinct for a typical pertensis-complex female.

Thanks so much for you help Mike.