L114 sexing

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christian
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L114 sexing

Post by christian »

hey community,

its now time for my l114 sexing!
i cleared my tank today and cought the bigger ones to make pictures of them.
the total length from 22-14cm.
i start with the biggest ones and come to the end to the smallest l114.

i think the most are easy to determine, but there are 1-2 tricky ones, i think.

l114.1:
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l114.2:
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l114.3:
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l114.4:
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l114.5:
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ty for sexing!
Last edited by christian on 27 Oct 2014, 14:53, edited 1 time in total.
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Coldhands
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My cats species list: 30 (i:30, k:0)
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Re: L114 sexing

Post by Coldhands »

Based on the blurry pictures, first one is male. Second is female. Third, looks kinda female. Fourth, a deformed (runt) female. Last could be male.
Several specimens look pretty odd to me. One is snubbed-nose while others seem to have disproportionate heads size compared to their bodies. Only the first two look pretty nice and normal.
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7Pete
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Re: L114 sexing

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1 male, 2 female , 3 male, 4 female, 5 male(?). If you can take pics from side when fins open/extended it would be easier. But i'm sure you have both sexes in your colony.
christian
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Re: L114 sexing

Post by christian »

hey,

thanks fpr sexing the l114.
futher pictures are not possible cause they are already back in tank.

why do you guys think that #4 is a female?
to me, #5 seems to be more likely a female than #4 cause of the smaller head.

#1 is 100% a male, no doubt.
#2 is 100% a gravid female.
#3 is the fattest l114 i have. its belly is really round, but from the head it could be a male, or not?

here are two more pics of the #3:
L114.3.1:
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L114.3.2:
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why do you guys think that #4 is a female?
to me, #5 seems to be more likely a female than #4 cause of the smaller head.
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