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F1 A. sp. Winkelfleck Help

Ekona

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Got these beauties in the other day. I've never kept them so I cannot tell the differences between the one male and two females of the trio I was sent. So I need help on this one. Thanks in advance :)

Fish #1 - This is the largest specimen of the three. Fish is about 1.5+inches. Male or female? Does not show any blue and red markings that would indicate male, but perhaps those colors have yet to develop?
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Perhaps some of the reddish marking developing on snout?
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Fishes #2 & #3 - The photos below are of the two other fish in different moods and light angles. These are a bit smaller, less stocky and have slightly shorter fins than the first fish, yet the fins look really colorful. At first I thought all these were males because of how colorful they were. Do female Winkelflecks get this colorful? Or are they immature males?
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Any difference between these M/F?
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merlin

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Id say 3 males. My book shows females dont have any pattern/flecks on the tail. Also female has a shorter extension on the dorsal.

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Ekona

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Here is the image that mysteriously disappeared from the above post.
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Ekona

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Thanks for the info, Derek. I need to get my apisto books back.

OK - 3 more pics that show each of the three fish for ID. They all show the blue pattern on the caudal fins...all males, then.
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