Can you tell the sex of...

Allie72 · Post by **Allie72** » 29 Oct 2007, 16:34

my Blue Panaque?

Allie72 · Post by **Allie72** » 30 Oct 2007, 13:32

No one can tell me anything? Are blue panaque plecos sexable?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 30 Oct 2007, 13:55

They are most likely sexable.

I think the point is more that your picture shows a fish that isn't CLEARLY sexable. I would hazzard a guess of male. But that's not a certainty. Going by the pectoral fins and cheek odontodes, it would be a male - but I don't know these fish well enough to know if the females also have a bit of odontal growth in those places.

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Mats

Post by **Shane** » 30 Oct 2007, 17:50

Mature males of are readily identifiable. Check out the Cat-eLog pics.
-Shane

Allie72 · Post by **Allie72** » 30 Oct 2007, 20:38

Thanks guys!

I checked out the pics in the cat e log...I think that I have a female. The "whiskers" on the side of the face aren't long at all.