catfishLegacy Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 I have 10 Peppermints ranging in age from 1.5-4 yrs. They are all a reasonably large size and I have no idea how to sex them...and some of them are a bit strange. Not like sexing common bristlenose at all Some of them are obviously male, bristles all over the snout and up between the eyes. A few of the others have a thick line of bristles around the snout and edges of the head...but none between the eyes. These ones also seem to have "duller" spots. What does this mean??? Are they two different species??? One of them even has a few stray bristles near the eyes and NONE anywhere else. This is very confusing...commons, orange spots, albinos...All easy to sex...Peppermints, I have no idea Help please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianniz Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 peppermints have a heiarchy. dominant males have bristles like normal bristlenose. subdominant males could kinda look like female but with slightly more bristles around the lip region. One thing you can try is looking at the face/head shape. If the face/head shape is like an egg shape then its female (oval) If the face/head shape is like rounded rectangle then its a male Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfishLegacy Posted May 2, 2005 Author Share Posted May 2, 2005 A heirachy??? I never considered that! Thanks mate, thats really helpful Head shape? I assume you mean from above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormboy Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 Ploise explain Gianniz, Are those sexual characters visible in the anterior or dorsal view of the fish, and how distinct are they? -worm- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianniz Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 top view (eagle eye) its quite visible as long as the fish is mature enough (say 9cm or so) peppermints have nasty habbit of hiding their bristles but they can't hide their face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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