crappie/sunfish and gender got clue?

[stackhouse]

say just out of ???? can anyone tell the diference between male a female crappies? and any difference in behavior?

[mr_jman]

Wouldn't there be a difference within the reproduction on the underside of the fish? Not sure about that. Since they school together I wonder what type of behavior difference there would be if any. During the spawn there probably is. Females move in and lay eggs first than males move in to protect nests. Other than that I dont know.

[andrew chadwick]

during spawn time males get darker than the females. Females can often be told apart from males by stomach size- if it has a big belly it likley is a female with eggs.

[stackhouse]

why i posted the is (and some may get a laugh)my gf/lady is raising 3 crappies and one of them is pushing/messing with the other two thus i was hoping tell if one or all are the same gender or not ??? some where i heard male might have a split or twin fins at the back bottom h??