Unidentified Cichlids • Please help identify the type n sex

[Marcashugo]

Hi, I'm new in aquarium cichlids. Please help me with this if it's male or female and what breed is this.

[noki]

Tilapia?

[Marcashugo]

I dun think so..

[BC in SK]

Yes, that is a "Tilapia".
An Oreochromis species or hybrid. A juvenile this size would not be able to be sexed. Like many cichlids they ALL resemble female at young age.

[Marcashugo]

Oh really? This is still juvenile? How big will it grow? Tilapia, omg.. I thought it's a kind of cichlid.

[DJRansome]

Oreochromis is a cichlid, common name is tilapia. Do you know where it was caught?

Oreochromis mossambicus for one example is a 14 inch fish.

[Marcashugo]

I actually got it inside feeder fish(guppies) and saw this fish in it. Was so small and decided to put it in breeder box to feed it differently. And about 2 months now and had grew to like 3 and a half inch now.