Apistogramma sp. "Putzer" (M/F?)

[blueblue]

A. sp. Putzer: All photos show the same fish in different mood;
it is already 3.5cm long. Do you think it is a female or male fish?
Thanks

[Ibn]

Venturing on a guess here, but I'd say...male.

[blueblue]

Venturing on a guess here, but I'd say...male.

Thanks Eric and why do you say so?

[benny]

I'm not experieced. But I have seen a lot of female apisto looking like this at 3.5 cm. Given the shape, I would guess female.

Cheers,

[Ibn]

Just a gut feeling, haha. Just seems like an awful lot of colors in the finnage and the facial region for a female, even though the fins aren't elongated like the dominant males.

[mickthefish]

i'd say it was a female, there is a lack of colour in the ventral fins and they are short not elongate like the males, but like benny i'm no expert in this type of fish.
mick

[Ibn]

There seems to be a bit of coloration in the ventral fins on the first shot and was one of the reasons why I thought that this would be a male.

[blueblue]

Thanks much. At this stage, i also have no conclusion regarding its sex... i will wait and see if something will happen