help sexing banggai cardinalfish

[blazing]

sup ya can someone help me sex my cardinal. it is about 1 1/2 - 2 inches from tip of the mouth to tip of the tail.

 

[agsansoo]

No clue ! As far as I know, there's no way to sex banggai cardinals by physical appearance.

 

[blazing]

I was reading online that u can tell by the jaw. The males have more of an square jaw and the female is more rounded. To me it looks like a female just to get other peoples opinions.

 

[gmneil]

the jaw looks like my females, but both my male and female looked similar untill the first batch of eggs came, and i will see what i can do about some pics of them

 

[blazing]

thxs i was thinking the same about the jaw but the dorsal fin on mines look more like a males. i was already thing it was a male and now u say that ur male had the same jaw i really think it a male. here is another pic.

 

[Kmiec123]

You may find this link usefull in sexing the Banggais:
Sexing Banggai Cardinalfish

Hope this helps.
Carl

 

[blazing]

thxs for thr link ill check it out.

 

[blazing]

just pick up another b. cardinal today. its about a 1/2 to 3/4 the size of my current one. i tried to pick one that looked like a female and this is the only only that i think is a female. what signs should i be looking for to know if its a male or female?