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Recty
04/22/2009, 05:29 PM
Anyone know the telltale signs of a female scribbled angel versus a male scribbled angel? A LFS owner is telling me she thinks this is a female scribbled.

My angel was sold to me as a male, which I believe it is. I thought the common characteristics of a male scribbled was a large white patch, blue sides and a distinct pattern.

Females, from what I've read, are browner on the sides, smaller white patch and the pattern on their sides isnt real distinct, or as distinct.

Anyway, here is mine again... anyone think it's a female? I dont have a good shot of the side pattern of the angel, but it's not brown and it's nice and distinct in the lines, so I dont think it's female. Plus, the white spot is pretty big.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i236/Recty/scribbled002.jpg
GT3000XX
04/22/2009, 05:32 PM
That is a male. The horizontal lines are a dead giveaway. great looking fish BTW!
ccampbell57
04/22/2009, 05:34 PM
Yours is a male Grant. The female scribbles are easy to tell due to the bluer body vs. the more brownish blue, the less pronounced white on the cheek and the most distinct feature...the darker spotted tail. Females have a less pronounced tail and most of the time is mainly yellow with little to no spots.
Recty
04/22/2009, 05:34 PM
So do females have vertical lines?

I found this picture on the web of one declared to be female and noticed the vertical lines...

http://www.oceanpets.com.au/fish%20pix/scribble%20female.JPG
Recty
04/22/2009, 05:35 PM
Ah yes, thanks Chris. Now that you point it out, I do see the female I found the picture of has very faint, if any, spots on it's tail.
GT3000XX
04/22/2009, 05:35 PM
Not verticle they just look scribbled.
Here is a link from Kevin at LA/DD:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1615482
ccampbell57
04/22/2009, 05:39 PM
Another dead giveaway for a female vs male is the shape of the tail.

The female has a nice rounded tail with no points...the male has a tale similar to that of a niger trigger with tiny versions of streamers.
Recty
04/22/2009, 07:22 PM
Alrighty, thanks guys.
lesleybird
04/22/2009, 08:27 PM
Looks like a male to me.
danorth
04/26/2009, 01:18 PM
So what was this one:

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j203/danorth/scribble1.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j203/danorth/scribble2.jpg