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Thanks all. 
Glad you all found them interesting!
Marge is 100% a female, her sheer bulk and body height versus fish of almost the same length but without such girth and height (as can be seen in their relatives the carp) is a giveaway. She is well over an inch taller than a male fish of almost the same length. I should add that these determining features are only really accurate when comparing 2 large mature fish of roughly the same size.
And she's close to 12" TL now.
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Glad you all found them interesting!Marge is 100% a female, her sheer bulk and body height versus fish of almost the same length but without such girth and height (as can be seen in their relatives the carp) is a giveaway. She is well over an inch taller than a male fish of almost the same length. I should add that these determining features are only really accurate when comparing 2 large mature fish of roughly the same size.
And she's close to 12" TL now.
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Thanks all.
Yes Vance, these were taken with the newer Coolpix (8700). My old one (the 5700) is completely dead....
That'll teach me to get water on it, the perils of taking photos of fish! Then again, it was a good excuse to get a new one anyway. 
Pixelated_Pirate, I find that patience, practice and plenty of deletions are the best tips! Most fish photographers will only keep a very low percentage of the shots they take, which is the beauty of digital. For close-ups, you need a camera with a macro mode (usually a little flower icon on the camera) and either steady hands or a tripod. If the fish happens to be sitting still, like Marge was in those few pics, it makes it a hundred times easier, but if the fish is moving, it is best to focus on an object that they swim past often, lock the focus, move back a tiny bit (keeping the focus locked) and then take the pic as the fish swims past. This usually yields pretty good results.
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Yes Vance, these were taken with the newer Coolpix (8700). My old one (the 5700) is completely dead....
That'll teach me to get water on it, the perils of taking photos of fish! Then again, it was a good excuse to get a new one anyway. Pixelated_Pirate, I find that patience, practice and plenty of deletions are the best tips! Most fish photographers will only keep a very low percentage of the shots they take, which is the beauty of digital. For close-ups, you need a camera with a macro mode (usually a little flower icon on the camera) and either steady hands or a tripod. If the fish happens to be sitting still, like Marge was in those few pics, it makes it a hundred times easier, but if the fish is moving, it is best to focus on an object that they swim past often, lock the focus, move back a tiny bit (keeping the focus locked) and then take the pic as the fish swims past. This usually yields pretty good results.
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