Define my flowerhorn gender 10 points?

Question

My flowerhorn is 4 inches (including its tail fins) this is an image from google, http://213.180.95.58/artregister/artbild/c_flowerhorn_huvud-lennart-axelsson.jpg it looks similar to mine except that my flowerhorn has smaller hump and much more pointed fins.

Answer 1

at four inches it is hard to tell but since it is already forming a hump and the fins are more elongated I would take a guess at saying this is a male in the picture. now your saying that yours has a smaller hump but long fins. without looking at a picture of your fish I cannot say. a female will have more of a smooth slope to its head where the male will have more of an backwards s-shaped forehead. that is just what i have noticed. i don't know how much help I was. 4 inches is still pretty young to tell.

Answer 2

I'm told you can't tell until they breed. Sorry!

(ps- maybe we could tell if it was actually a picture of your fish..)

Answer 3

if yours looks like the one in the picture it is most likely a male...the hump you are talking about is typical of most larger cichlids although sometimes you a get a female with it...hearing about the pointed fins it is most likely a male as females have more rounded tips

Answer 4

the fin on the bottom determines s*x.

male is w/ fin

female w/out fin