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Possible to Tell Sex From This Photo?

Posted: 30 Mar 2005, 14:33
by bronzefry
Can we please tell the sex from this photo?
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Thanks

Posted: 30 Mar 2005, 14:35
by Shane
Based on the elongate pelvic fins, probably a male.
-Shane

Posted: 30 Mar 2005, 22:20
by bronzefry
Thanks, Shane. 8)

Posted: 31 Mar 2005, 02:30
by WhitePine
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

Image

Posted: 31 Mar 2005, 22:48
by bronzefry
:lol: This guy's been Photoshopped a lot recently! :lol:

Posted: 01 Apr 2005, 09:01
by fishysmell
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..?!!!!!

Posted: 01 Apr 2005, 09:02
by fishysmell
maybe its the angle

because its tail is slightly bent

Posted: 01 Apr 2005, 14:54
by bronzefry
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. :(