Ive just read some articles that its really hard to tell no one seems to be mentioning this question too
Sexing Piraiba Catfish
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Would you please, if you will, summarize your findings, what the articles state and their conclusions and maybe provide links so we could read them too?
sorry i still had that dont post links stuff for begginers.
Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas
The Amazon and Orinoco basins in northern South America are home to the highest concentration of freshwater fish species on earth, with more than 3,000 species allotted to 564 genera. Amazonian fishes include piranhas, electric eels, freshwater stingrays, a myriad of beautiful small-bodied...
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Brachyplatystoma capapretum: A New Species of Goliath Catfish from the Amazon Basin, with a Reclassification of Allied Catfishes (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) on JSTOR
John G. Lundberg, Alberto Akama, Brachyplatystoma capapretum: A New Species of Goliath Catfish from the Amazon Basin, with a Reclassification of Allied Catfishes (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), Copeia, Vol. 2005, No. 3 (Aug. 2, 2005), pp. 492-516
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well some just say its hard to know
gonna check and buy some books this weekend i guess
What size fish? The most reliable way to determine sex is to canulate for eggs/sperm. Use Teflon microbore tube until your confident enough to use a glass one.
Thank you for the book link. I have not seen that one but added to my collection now.
Thank you for the book link. I have not seen that one but added to my collection now.
oh im still playing on buying one after i finish making a pond and doing some more research and stuff hoping that getting a male specimen hehe.
but man if i ever have one id be scared to do some test on it
welp np