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can someone please sex my DP for me i think its a female but not 100% sure as its my first one but have looked up how to sex them and if they have a stripe from mouth to tail they a male? but she looks like a female shes very round but has a a faint line but its broken so any help would be great

sorry the pics aint that good she dont like the camera

If there is a line going down the middle of the belly it's a boy. If there is no line then it's a girl.

Looks like a female to me.

It looks pretty young yet.. My GUESS would be a young male.

The yellow tint to the tail, the wrinkles around the eyes (second picture), the stripe that is starting to form going down the line and through the center of the tail.

However, the white, round belly looks more female-ish.. could just be due to being young and not fully developed yet. Honestly, its very so/so.

If you can get some pictures of him/her with the tail flared out and not clamped together, that might help some. Along with a closer picture of the eye to get a look if those are wrinkles or not.

Looks more like the 2 females I have- get a better pic of the eye region like Myaj said. My male has a less distinct spot pattern, eye wrinkles and a pale yellow line from his mouth down his belly. He's had those markings since he was 1/2 in.

If you haven't already, check out this article, its got pictures and info on how to sex them:

library/puffers-in-focus/sexing-carinot ... rf-puffer/

And i know there's a thread around here somewhere with more pictures that I meant to add to the article but simply haven't yet... Maybe take a look at member Mareva's gallery for some additional photos.

i will try and get some more pictures myaj but everytime the camera comes out she hides i have read he articale about sexing the puffers and to me she looks like a female as she dont have the line down her belly and i cant see any eye wrinkles

but i will try post some more pictures as im sure peole on here have done it more times than me

How long have you had him/her? They all look like females when they are young.

had it for about 4 week now but dhe was tiny when i first got her so im guessin shes not very old, can you not tell the set when they small then as i was wanting to get another female and a male but not much point if i cant pick them out

If they are very small, it can be hard. I was told the first sexual sign that shows up is a yellow tinge to the belly and tail, and those are males. Everything else you pretty much have to wait until they are a little older/larger before you can tell for sure.

Its hard to know when its only one puffer, nothing to compare it to, both size and coloring. Maybe if you know of a store that has more dwarves, spend a few minutes in front of the tank seeing if you can see differences.. often being able to compare one to another side by side helps, and the bigger ones will obviously be older so that will help too...