Primarily it is not a Physical difference depending on what type of fish but the common gold fish would need blood work to cheek the sexually orientation.
In order to know if a Silver Arowana is male or female, you need to look at the size of the fish. The male fish are bigger in size.
If the fish is male it will be bright and colourful, if it is female it will be quite dull
male is huge and grey female is colurful
What exactly is a fish coin?
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*The tail has nothing to do with knowing the gender of a cat. Look for the male and female genitalia. It's different from knowing the gender in beta fish, because in beta fish you can know by its tail but not in cats.
A male has a scrotal sac and a female does not.
the rosy red fish is the boy.
the female beta fish is "plainer" than the male as where the male is a darker shade near the face and lighter shade near the tail.
they females are brighter and the males are paler
The males have a red tail.
Your betta fish is a female if she has smaller fins than an average male.