Question on Xenotilapia bathyphilus

[Thomas Andersen]

A couple of pics of a Zambia male:

[SydCic]

Thomas,

I had to wipe the drool off my chin with that picture of the Zambia male. Very nice.

[maraser]

[Thomas Andersen]

Thanks, SydCic

Maraser, have you come to a conclusion on the sex of your fishes?

All the best, Thomas

[maraser]

Well, I have three males and two females.

The previous pic is that of the male dominant.

My best regards!

[Changongo]

I´ve just purchased a "pair" Xenotilapia bathyphillus wild adults from Toby Veall station at Zambia. They came without any locality variant name but I am almost sure they are from Isanga. Please could anyone confirm this?
On the other hand, fishes were quite bad looking when I got them, so I did not vent them to check the sex for sure. Now they are healthy enought to take some pictures with low flash output, so here they are. Could you please give your opinion concening sex?


Pair


Male?


Female?

All the best

Angel

[Thomas Andersen]

Hi Angel,

the variant from Isanga should have a yellow snout, you can see some pics on the previous page of this thread. It's not obvious on your fish, but it could also be because they are not quite settled in yet.

I would say that the fish on top of the first picture is a male, and the one below is a female

All the best, Thomas