Sexing Jacks

To determine the sex of sexually MATURE Jacks...look at their gills.

The colouring on a male's gills will stop half-way down, however the female's will go to the bottom of the gill.

This is a GENERAL way of identifying. It's...

To determine the sex of sexually MATURE Jacks...look at their gills.

The colouring on a male's gills will stop half-way down, however the female's will go to the bottom of the gill.

This is a GENERAL way of identifying. It's not always accurate. However, with most of the breeding pairs of Jacks I've seen...it was accurate!

Posted by Ryan (guest) on Fri 03 Aug 2007 23:55:04 EDT

Type of Fish

This is a Jack Dempsey (Cichlasoma octofasciatum)

Posted by Gallery Administrator on Tue 17 Jul 2007 11:56:55 EDT

Loudewijk

Can anybody tell me what kind of Cichlid is this cause i have exactly the same. Thanks!

Posted by Guest on Tue 11 Jul 2006 20:02:51 EDT