sex change in apisto?

[Simon]

previously I had agassizii 'red gold', the pair spawned but only 2 females from that batch survive, then my male went MIA(presumed dead, since he didnt appear since he's MIA), I had the mother and 2 females for abt 6-8mths, then I discover 1 of the females acted like a male and even had the dorsal extension behind and the colours.. weird.. anyone got any experience?

[bEn88]

hummm.....dunno abt apisto but i noe dat clown fish(marine) do change their sex .....
or have u mistaken it ???

[Simon]

i know both offsprings were female, since they have the characteristic of a female.. even if there was a surviving male, I cant prolly miss him since it was quite big

[David]

simon ..dont think so.....this sort of changing thingy usually happens to amphibians...?

[stormhawk]

sex change has been recorded for crenicara punctulata and most of the dicrossus species start life as females and then some will develop into males. i saw a post somewhere on TheKrib for apistos sex change and i believe it happens to them too. when the dominant male dies and leaves behind a harem of females, the dominant female will start to develop male reproductive organs and assume the role of the dominant male. it happens in swordtails too.

[Simon]

i have read that checkerboard behave this way.. dunno if there is any sciencific prove

[stormhawk]

there is some articles online about sex changes in checkerboards. in the case of crenicara punctulata it has been confirmed by scientific studies, especially on the reproductive behaviour of this particular species. since the dicrossus species are related to c. punctulata, it could be that they might share the same traits.

[jamesneo]

Ever since the male apisto (double red)died few months back.(They used to be 1 pair) The female, i noticed, have slowly "change" to look like a male with color and elongated dosal fin.
What a apisto World.? Can't believe it. []

[vinz]

Now, all the Ram keepers hoping their males will change to females...