Possible to Tell Sex From This Photo?

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 30 Mar 2005, 14:33

Can we please tell the sex from this photo?

Thanks

Post by **Shane** » 30 Mar 2005, 14:35

Based on the elongate pelvic fins, probably a male.
-Shane

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 30 Mar 2005, 22:20

Thanks, Shane.

WhitePine · Post by **WhitePine** » 31 Mar 2005, 02:30

I thought male as did shane.... but he has much more experience than I. If you are having a hard time focusing your camera on the fish/glass, you can sometimes move back abit and turn up the resolution of your camera. Take a wider picture and then crop it down to what you need. This makes it a little easier to focus on the front of the tank sometimes. I also photo shopped you picture a little to make it more obvious.

Cheers

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 31 Mar 2005, 22:48

This guy's been Photoshopped a lot recently!

fishysmell · Post by **fishysmell** » 01 Apr 2005, 09:01

rubber lip pleco, bull dog pleco, chubby pleco..

right???
i would of thought female because of the slight buldge after the pectoral fins
but maybe i`m wrong..?!!!!!

fishysmell · Post by **fishysmell** » 01 Apr 2005, 09:02

maybe its the angle

because its tail is slightly bent

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 01 Apr 2005, 14:54

When he's happy and in the tank current, he wags his tail. He's been ID'd as an L-188. That's the best match to the pics. But, as Shane often points out, Chaestoma identification can be a tricky proposition. Right now, he somehow got a small something behind his eye and I have to figure out what it is. He's mighty uncomfortable. I'm going to try to get a pic and post it later.