Re: sexing juvenile cacatuoides

[Randy Carey <carey@spacestar.net>]

None of the female Apistos have lyretail extensions.  So if one of your 
specimens is showing it, it should be a male.

For identification and sexing, rely on finage first, and color last.

--Randy


At 12:42 PM 9/29/2001, you wrote:
> Hello, I finally worked up my nerve to ask another question everybody knows
> the answer to except of course me.  How do I tell the males from the females
> when they are still small?  I have one with black ventrals and slightly
> lyretail like tail fin extensions but no color yet, the fish is about half an
> inch.  Do black ventral always mean female?  When do boys color up?  Thanks
> for your patience, Teresa.
>
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