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#1 User is offline   kev 

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Posted 19 September 2003 - 04:12 PM

Just reading up again on my fish and on sexing for my platy it said

Males are smaller and have a gonopodium.

whats a gonopodium? :*)

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Posted 19 September 2003 - 04:29 PM

The gonopodium is the pelvic fins of male fish that have been converted into genital organs.

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Posted 19 September 2003 - 04:34 PM

The gonopodium is the male reproductive organ on live bearing fishes. It's an adaptation of the anal fin (I think, or did I just invent that part right now? lol) and appears as a narrow, slightly pointed fin just in front of the anus. On the females, the anal fin will be round and full.

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Posted 19 September 2003 - 04:35 PM

Have a look here for some good pics of male/female platies.

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Posted 19 September 2003 - 04:35 PM

Heh. Guess I didnt exactly invent the anal fin part, just got it screwed up. Thanks smb for the correct info. lol

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Posted 19 September 2003 - 05:39 PM

kev, on Sep 19 2003, 04:12 PM, said:

Just reading up again on my fish and on sexing for my platy it said

Males are smaller and have a gonopodium.

whats a gonopodium? :*)

Its a penis! :*)

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Posted 22 September 2003 - 10:06 AM

Thanks guys. Thats why I haven't had any babies - 2 males and one is hung like a seahorse :lol:

Thanks again
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