We all know how difficult it is to identify the sex of these fish, so please post a picture in here and we'll try to help you (or at least give an educated guess!).
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by kasper » Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:43 am
Hi
Im having trouble determining the sex of the zebra in the picture below. The fish is at least 5 years old and acts like a male by hiding in a cave. ...what do you think it is?
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by andrewcoxon » Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:22 pm
looks like a fat male to me mate!
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by John » Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:31 pm
andrewcoxon wrote: looks like a fat male to me mate!
agree
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by smithrc » Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:38 pm
bodyshape and head shape say female...
Our hairy female also hangs out in caves
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by McEve » Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:43 pm
pectoral ray and pelvic fin also says female to me..
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by kasper » Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:00 pm
Thanks for your replys
I have a picture (from the bottom) of the fish from a time i had to move my zebras - maybe this can help. Sorry for the quality of the picture
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by Dale90g » Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:58 pm
I'd say it's a female, but i've never them, so the bottom side pic doesn't help me decide.
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by Dale90g » Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:59 pm
That was suppose to say - never vented them.
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by McEve » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:29 pm
The males vent is pointy while the females is rounded. Hard to tell from the picture..
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by Plastic Mac » Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:11 pm
I'd say female too.
I also have one partiuclar female who hangs out in caves.
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by husky_jim » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:28 pm
Female!
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by Miezekatze » Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:03 pm
looks female to me...
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