This forum has me learning new things already!! After taking a close up of my jags vent I researched the barb like claspers and it is indeed the male genital papilla. So the tank buster is a he.
Jaguar guapote
- Thread starter TommyNY
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Pic heavy beware!!!! Couple pics trying to capture the dark black and blue fins but apparently my camera skills are insufficient so here we go. Really curious how this fish will mature. Been flashing a coppery metallic hue that’s hard to capture. In one pic you’ll see the males anus clearly but will hardly be able to see its vent if at all and may notice what almost looks like a little splinter between the anus and the anal fin. That is the male genital papilla not to be confused with the egg tube a female may drop to lay eggs. Unlike the females egg tube the males “papilla” will consistently look the same whereas the egg tube on a female fluctuates depending on if she’s breeding or laying eggs. The vent overall 
would be more prominent and visible.
would be more prominent and visible.
