I posted this with out reading any other posts. Vent looks male to me 100%. Now I'l go see what the others said.
Male synspilum from Rapps
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buddha1200;4760434; said:
First, he is a beautiful synspilum. I've always found that the highest quality synspilum come from Jeff....though **BIGDISCLAIMER** I have never ordered from some of the other vendors on here like Ken Davis and others nor have I seen pics of synspilum that are labelled as having been purchased from these other vendors so absolutely no disrespect intended there.
Buddha, how big is your male in that picture? My guess would be probably in the 8-10" range. If that's correct then I think mine will fill out to around the same proportions once he hits that size. Oh one more thing, you really need to change your avatar because everytime I see it I get sad that Jeff was out of bocourti when I placed my most recent order (which was over the summer...June or July). lol Just kidding of course about changing your avatar....that is one of the most beautiful and most colorful bocourti I've seen.
Jason...that's a male. Male has a thicker body then the female. I've had as many as three pair of these breeding in tanks and the pond...and over a hundred 2-3" juveniles. I'm pretty good at spotting this species sex.
i only posted that one because it was from rapps,i have 5 others from different vendors that are equally as beautiful(i actually like my belize synspilum from Ira much better)whem they get to 8 to 10 inches they will go in my big tank and the one in the picture will be moved out to another tank.the bocourti in my avatar is from Ira and is my all time favorite.the synspilum in the picture is 12 inches.
Beautiful fish everyone! Buddha, I would love to see how the new synspilum from Belize are doing.
buddha1200;4760776; said:
I thought the one you posted was quite a bit larger than mine. I'm sure once my male gets that size he'll have bulked up quite a bit.
Yes nice synspillum you have regardless of male or female. Take a look at my vid. I have two breeding pairs and an extra female. Females are usually more oval. You will see my males to get a better comparison to yours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2mlCkcaL6U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2mlCkcaL6U
