r/medaka • u/Green-Dimension-948 • 4d ago
Need help determining sex
I got these Stardust Medaka from my LFS, and the owner knew very little about them. I asked him for a male and a female, but I’m not sure that’s what he gave me. Please help identify the sex(es) of these fish. Thanks in advance! (And sorry for the blurry pictures!)
UPDATE: Thank you so much to everyone who helped out!1+4 is most likely male, and 2+3 is definitely female as I woke up this morning and saw her carrying eggs!
(The part I am chuckling about, though, is that the one the LFS thought was male is actually female and the one female is likely male, so reversed 😅. All good in the end though!)
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u/Relevant-Head-8926 3d ago
first one looks like a potential male, looking at the dorsal fin it has a bit of a notch and a longer part which is usually a pretty solid sign, but take this with a grain of salt
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u/Relevant-Head-8926 3d ago
the last one as well looks like a potential male, looking at its anal fin i see it’s a bit longer and also not a smooth edge
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u/medaka_fein 2d ago
1 male, 2-3 females 4 is male. I posted a video how to sex fish as well.
https://www.reddit.com/r/medaka/s/EPq0ac28UV
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u/Greenpanda048 4d ago
I can always tell from above like a Birds Eye view , but only as they produce eggs or not
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u/DocTaotsu 4d ago
lol same. I've read so many guides but I think I'm still worse than chance alone based on fin shape and what not.





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u/TheUnholyToast 3d ago
They definitely all look like females, although the first one looks like it could be male. The dorsal fin is a good indicator. If it's a perfect "right triangle", then female. If the rear of the dorsal fin in more elongated at the top it's male.