Cherry Shrimp - male or female?

[PaigeIs]

Hello, 

My daughter came home from the LFS with three cherry shrimp.  Based on the blurry photo, can anyone tell me if this is a female?   I've only kept Amano shrimp so I never cared about sexing them.   I looked up how to sex cherry shrimp online but am not confident in telling males and females apart.  I can confidently say that this shrimp is bigger than the other two.  Thanks!

[Fish Folk]

Need more HD photos, or upload a HD video to YouTube, and link here to the Forum.

Females carry eggs that can typically be seen through their abdomen.

[lefty o]

im leaning towards female, but really need to see a clear side view of the tail/abdomen.

[nabokovfan87]

On 8/18/2023 at 3:45 PM, lefty o said:

im leaning towards female, but really need to see a clear side view of the tail/abdomen.

Right there with you.  If I look real fast it's a female. need an unobstructed view though.

 

On 8/18/2023 at 11:25 AM, PaigeIs said:

I've only kept Amano shrimp so I never cared about sexing them.   I looked up how to sex cherry shrimp online but am not confident in telling males and females apart.  I can confidently say that this shrimp is bigger than the other two. 

Much line amanos, the females are a lot larger than the males.  Males always tend to be a bit more active and moving around the tank as well. Females typically graze more.