I was talking to a Vet who was telling me that with Saltwater Ray and Sharks that are live bearers that sometimes you can not tell the sex of the babies sometime for up to a week. Is this the same with Freshwater Stingrays??
Sexing Baby Stingrays
- Thread starter edotero
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depends on how long it takes for the claspers to be long enough to be visible.. usually u can tell right after birth.
no. You can ID any freshwater ray right outta momma. Just have to look. Mike prolly didnt get a good look. As the males claspers are the same color as his underside is what makes it hard to see. But with a good look you can sex any ray pup
stingrayguy;1256727; said:
Hey brad remember when I purchased that female leo from you last summer? We made sure it was a female and me and my business partner were 100% sure we got a female she was about 4". Well two months later and around 6" in size we see her climb the glass and there are now claspers. Not sure what happened but with my last batch of 8 pups I checked everyone in a see thru container to tell the sex and I counted 7 females and 1 male. Now about 5 days later I had to move some out of the same tank and there are 6 males and 2 females. I know I could have missed one or even two but 6 is crazy. I am working with Richard Ross and Shedd aquarium on this issue and we will be taking a photo of each ray right after birth and then keep checking to see if it's possible. I know this might sound crazy but like Ed Otero stated salt water rays (Which are identical to freshwater rays) are capable of having what looks like a female at birth develop claspers in time, Going from a male with claspers to a female is not possible and I have not seen that but this last batch has got me puzzled. I will do some research and study this as we breed more rays and who knows if it is true it could be named after me lol ha ha. Lets see what happens
csx4236;1256839; said:
That is true.. I do remember that "female". But I think the real problem is seeing the clasper is because of the color.