PipeFish Sex ID'ing

[erickrm]

Ok So I have seen plenty of threads of people asking how to ID the sex of a pipefish some have same characteristics as far as males and females and other way different. So my idea is to start this thread to possibly have the experts to chime in and shed some light this way there can be a thread that everyone can be directed to incase they want to know if they have a male or female pipefish. I only know of one which is the blue strip and i have dragon face pair that mate but i am not sure on what the diff. are between them, only that the male has darker colors than the female. So i would def appreciate any information anyone has to add to this thread Pictures would be great! as well, thank you all and i hope this helps someone out there

BlueStrip: Male Snout has hooks at the end Female does not.
banded:
MultiBanded:
DragonFace:
Janss:
Aligator:

ect.

[philter4]

I have a pair of red striped pipefish (Hawaiian endemic) and see no differences, I know they are a pair because they breed every month to month and a half giving me around 75 to 100 fry per spawning. As of now I don't seperate the fry but every so often I'll see a larger fry still swimming around.

[bpd964]

I have 2 banded, 1 bluestripe and 3 carribean. I'm and looking for info on this topic as well..

[danfrith]

Im not sure if this is just a geographical variation but it seems like some dragonface pipefish have longer snouts than others.