Mandarin goby. Male or Female?

[pro99line]

Hello everyone. I am wanting to get a couple for my mandarin and I can not tell if it is male or female so I took some photos so you can see them and hopefully help me. Sorry about the photos being bad and not so clear but my camera is not so good.

 

[Bill and Elaine]

The MALE has a horn that stands up in the front of the top fin when the fin is up.....the female doesn't have the horn.....I cant tell with the pics you have posted

 

[wjhuie]

I dont see an extended dorsil fin but i cant really tell.

 

[lessans]

It's not so much a horn like Bill and Elaine describes for a MALE, but an extended dorsal fin that stands out more from the rest of the dorsal fin that it looks like a horn almost. FEMALES don't have this. It's not just a slight extended dorsal fin. It is very distinct.

 

[Amphiprion]

Right. In males, the first dorsal spine is rather long--looking like a filament on top of the dorsal fin. As in what lessans said, it is very distinct and hard to confuse--assuming the fin wasn't damaged at some point in time, which can just make things worse.

 

[pro99line]

I noticed when taking the photos that it seemed to get scared and when it extended it's dorsal fin there was one in front that stood up and seemed just a little longer. It almost appears as if it was not connected to each other. I will try to take a photo in that way.

 

[pro99line]

Ok everyone, I was finally able to get a decent picture of him or her. Can you tell me the sex with this photo?

 

[RV8tor]

Male, definately

 

[pro99line]

I appreciate the help. So to get a female I need to find one that does not have this horn thing in front of the dorsal fin?

 

[Psyire]

Yup