The 6 L46 Quiz

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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The 6 L46 Quiz

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I thought I'd let the pros have a go at sexing these :wink: The first three may be too small at 1.75", but it's worth a try anyway. The others are, 2.25", 2.25" and 2.5" respectively.

#1

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#2

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#3

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#4

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#5 (sorry, no side pic for this one)

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#6

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Thanks for any help :)

Val
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Post by Rob »

Come on Guys.... Nothing like a bit of a challenge.

OK, I'll start the ball rolling so that you can laugh at my predictions.

Due to the age I am basing these purely on Pectorial fin shape, something I am becoming more and more convinced can identify the sex of the fish.

So...here it goes.

1 - Male
2 - Female
3 - Male
4 - Male
5 - Female
6 - Female :wink:

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Post by Jenny »

Rob,

Can you have a go sexing mine on the previous post - I won't hold you to it, promise!! :lol:
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Post by valhallan »

Thanks for the help Rob :D I was pretty stumped with these guys because of the lack of interopercular odontal growth, I'm not too hot at just using body/fin shape for IDing yet. Nevertheless, it's good to hear that there's possibly a nice ratio in this group.

Val
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