I been looking for a female vieja and found a guy selling some, his unsure of sexes and I'm waiting on more pics, can anyone help me from just looking at them in this pic
Firehead vieja sexing
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I'm not breeding them, these are from a guy that's selling them, I'm only after a female, but not sure what ones are female out of the 4 larger fish
I ASSUME "Firehead Vieja" means what used to be called a "Synspilum", the "Belize Synspilum", before they were lumped with Melanurum -- like the Lago Peten Melanurum.
If so, I'd say, in the first picture, below the Oscar, is a Synspilum, and I think looking at the body shape, it could very well be a female. That fish is shaped like a football.
With that being said, this is all idle speculation from a picture on the Internet. I"ve been wrong about fish in my own tank that I look at every day. Buy the fish, put it in with the Synspilum you already have, and see what happens--then you'll be sure.
If by "Firehead" you mean Fenestratus, then I think in the 2nd or 3rd pics, those are male Fenestratus--but I could be wrong.
If so, I'd say, in the first picture, below the Oscar, is a Synspilum, and I think looking at the body shape, it could very well be a female. That fish is shaped like a football.
With that being said, this is all idle speculation from a picture on the Internet. I"ve been wrong about fish in my own tank that I look at every day. Buy the fish, put it in with the Synspilum you already have, and see what happens--then you'll be sure.
If by "Firehead" you mean Fenestratus, then I think in the 2nd or 3rd pics, those are male Fenestratus--but I could be wrong.
He has them advertised as fireheads and synspilium, I have searched all over the internet and found very little info on the sexing aspect of things,
Males are said to develop blue eyes.
The dorsal fin on males will also rise at the end where it lifts more steeply than a females.
When old enough males will get a bigger blockier head that eventually grows to form a nuchal hump.
The dorsal fin on males will also rise at the end where it lifts more steeply than a females.
When old enough males will get a bigger blockier head that eventually grows to form a nuchal hump.
I have a male and he doesn't have the blue eyes. But he does have the blockhead, rise on the dorsal fin, and his body shape is just different than the last one I had. Last one I had was shaped like a football. This one I have now is longer, much bigger head, just looks much more "manly" body shape.
