4 zebras for identification. Please give me a hand.

twinspots_goby · Post by **twinspots_goby** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:40 pm

Two pics for each, and first two are about 2", and last two are 2.25". Thanks you all.

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twinspots_goby · Post by **twinspots_goby** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:41 pm

Somebody please help me insert pictures. I just can't figure out the right way.

Zebrabreeder · Post by **Zebrabreeder** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:17 pm

Magic.

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:59 pm

male
female
male

mind you - i've been dowm the pub

twinspots_goby · Post by **twinspots_goby** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:24 am

smithrc wrote:male
female
male

mind you - i've been dowm the pub

I can see that. There are 4 of them need to be identified.

Rantosa · Post by **Rantosa** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:28 am

in my opinion
Male
female
male
male

and i havn't been to the pub

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:54 pm

twinspots_goby wrote:
smithrc wrote:male
female
male

mind you - i've been dowm the pub
I can see that. There are 4 of them need to be identified.

:p

add a male to the end

twinspots_goby · Post by **twinspots_goby** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:15 am

Thanks for those oppions. I still can see that how you guys distinguish them. To me they look all same. Shame on myselft! any advice?

Frontyking · Post by **Frontyking** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:57 am

I'm in the same boat goby when it comes to plecos but like I entered the cichlid world 10 or so years ago, I learned with plenty of practice, reading and asking questions, you will no doubt learn how too.

Nick.

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:43 pm

twinspots_goby wrote:Thanks for those oppions. I still can see that how you guys distinguish them. To me they look all same. Shame on myselft! any advice?

This is how I do it (and I'm not great)

I'll keep it simple (as i don't know the proper terms

)

males are hairier - along the front fins and on their checks
males body shape is triangular... from the tail to the front fins.

Females are not as hairy lack the check spines (and so have a noticeable 'notch' in their head shape)
Females body shape is plumper - bowing the sides of the triangle

Does that make sence (i've not had a few beers tonight

)

Raul-7 · Post by **Raul-7** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:20 am

smithrc wrote:
twinspots_goby wrote:Thanks for those oppions. I still can see that how you guys distinguish them. To me they look all same. Shame on myselft! any advice?
This is how I do it (and I'm not great)

I'll keep it simple (as i don't know the proper terms )

Males body shape is triangular... from the tail to the front fins.

Females body shape is plumper - bowing the sides of the triangle

Is this true regardless of whether they are overfed, underfed, etc.?

twinspots_goby · Post by **twinspots_goby** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:22 am

smithrc wrote:
twinspots_goby wrote:Thanks for those oppions. I still can see that how you guys distinguish them. To me they look all same. Shame on myselft! any advice?
This is how I do it (and I'm not great)

I'll keep it simple (as i don't know the proper terms )

males are hairier - along the front fins and on their checks
males body shape is triangular... from the tail to the front fins.

Females are not as hairy lack the check spines (and so have a noticeable 'notch' in their head shape)
Females body shape is plumper - bowing the sides of the triangle

Does that make sence (i've not had a few beers tonight )

Thanks. Now it makes better sense to me. Wow, I learned something. How confident are you about the identification on my fish?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:07 pm

Well said.

Another good little pointer with the more mature fish is the gill plates, (cheeks). On the male they tend to stick out so that they are in line with the body, whereas the females follow the contour of the head.
Anyway....,

male
female
male male

Although the first one is a little tricky due the age. Put up another post in 6 months an you will probably notice a big difference with the head shape.

rob

twinspots_goby · Post by **twinspots_goby** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:05 pm

Rob wrote:Well said.

Another good little pointer with the more mature fish is the gill plates, (cheeks). On the male they tend to stick out so that they are in line with the body, whereas the females follow the contour of the head.
Anyway....,

male
female
male male

Although the first one is a little tricky due the age. Put up another post in 6 months an you will probably notice a big difference with the head shape.

rob

Thanks rob. another question for you since you seem know a lot about the zebra plecos and a nice person. What is the difference of living habbit between male and female? I heard that the mature males are likely hanging around their caves whereas the mature females don't. Are they true? Thanks for your helps.

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:06 pm

twinspots_goby wrote: Thanks rob. another question for you since you seem know a lot about the zebra plecos and a nice person. What is the difference of living habbit between male and female? I heard that the mature males are likely hanging around their caves whereas the mature females don't. Are they true? Thanks for your helps.

I'm hopeing this is true as 3 of ours spend 80% of their time in caves and 20% of their time chasing others out of them

one dosnt live in a cave at all (there are more caves than plecs) and is either out and about in the tank or chilling at the side of the tank.

the last one is a bit of a oddity.. 50/50 - it cant make up its mind if it wants a cave or not