difference between male and female discus fish

For breeding it is very basic point to determine the gender of any fish.So that you can carry out breeding in a planned manner.The ability to distinguish a particular fish increase with experience.This is the case with discus fish.So you can distinguish these by keeping the followingpoints in mind.Generally male discus fish have larger forehead.Generally male is more larger then the females if both of them are mature.Male's lips are generally bigger then the female's as they use their lips for fighting with other fishes.When both fishes are at maturity males have pointed dorsal fin while females have round .Male may try to protect female by coming between her and other fishes and flaring his fins to look bigger.Look at the breeding tube generally females have larger and rounded breeding tube while male have pointed and small breeding tube.The above one is male while the below on is female.

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