Males to female comparison

[Eric White]

Can you tell the males from the females? Specific markings and colors in your comparisons would be helpfull. Bare with me I was only able to load them as photos so they take up lots of space.

#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10#11#12#13#14#15

[Stacey Duncan]

Wow, that is pretty cool...didn't realize that.

[Michael]

I've been told that the males have darker sides than the females and females have the yellow breast while the males have the brighter orange breast.

[Tony Livingston]

I tend to think that 1,5,11,12,15 are males, and I suspect that 8 and 14 might well be, too.

I can see scale tipping on the "shoulders".  #15 has the smaller opercular flap like a female, but shows the scale tipping like a male. Curious.

[Bill "Musky" Modica]

1, 5, 11, and 12 are males.....14 is questionable.