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I don't know who's responsible for this, but I'd like to offer some pictures of my DPs that could help for sexing. When I joined the forum, I found it hard to make the difference between male and female and I thought there weren't enough picture. Now that I have some pictures, I thought you guys could have a look and add them if you think it would help. Maybe some other DP owners could join too, the more of them you see the easier!

This is Borneo my female: you see how her belly is more white and she has spots and no lines.


This is Palua my big male: you can see well the wrinkles and how his spots turn into a line on the tail. You also see how his belly is more yellowish.


This is also Palua, you see well the yellow belly! Also, I'm not sure it's clear, but there's a white line on the middle of his belly. I think that's the line that turns dark in matting season.


This one has both Borneo and Palua, you can see the belly color difference and also the fins are more yellow on the male.


Hope this helps!

Good shots!

Sure are! Did you see the DP sexing article in our Library?

Sounds like fun, here's ours.

Belly stripe:


Eye wrinkles:

Nice ones Nusqam, you see, our puffer look different a bit, so that's why I thought it'd be nice to add some more pictures from different owners. Also, that belly line, is it just at matting season or it's always there? Palua's line is white right now so I'm wondering if it's because he's not fully mature (only about 7 months old now) or if it's just when matting that the line shows?

PP: I read that article numerous times when I got my puffers! It is of a great help, but I always felt there weren't enough pictures in there, so I don't know what you guys think about it, but maybe we could be adding some more pictures from different owners to enhance the article?

Mareva, that's a great idea and some great photos. I have to run to work now, but when I get a chance, I'll add them to the article if that's okay with you. We can also get them uploaded to the Dwarf puffer profile in the Pufferpedia while we're at it.

Nusquam, would you like yours included?

That is absolutly OK with me!
If you need the originals let me know!

Myaj, if you think they'll be helpful, you can add them. I'll leave it up to your discretion.

Mareva, he seems to have it all the time. But he should be at least 3 years old (we adopted him from someone, and she said she'd already had him for 3 years. She also said he was a GSP, but anyway...) so we're not really sure if it's age related, mating season related or anything related. But we're planning to get him a couple females eventually, so maybe we'll see a bigger difference then.

More good quality photos are always a good thing!

I will get these added, I've just been super busy and sicker than a dog. Finally got to the doc and he put me on antibiotics and confirmed I do have bronchitis, so hopefully will be more productive soon!

Feel better!
I get bronchitis a lot, not fun.

Thankfully I don't have it too bad, I used to get it horribly when I was younger.

This time the cough is only triggered when I talk a lot, or am in heated, dry areas (a car, my work, etc). He's hoping I get over it over the weekend, otherwise I'll have to use some inhaler thingy. Overall I feel better.. just tired and stomach cramps from the antibiotics. But they are only for 3 days, so I can live with that!

Sorry to hear that, Myaj. Hope you feel better!

That stinks, feel better!
I'm allergic to dogs and cats so that's the cause of a lot of my breathing problems.

Sorry to hear that Myaj! Hope you get better soon!

Photos uploaded to the Pedia, now working on the library article.