Re: Crenicara Puncutulatum

["Ed Pon" <edpon@hotmail.com>]

Lee wrote:
>All of the fish we collected looked like females, then eventually, 
after
>several months, one started to change into a male. The males are very
>nicely coloured and the females retain the red ventrals and anal fins
>til they begin to change into males. I think, that if the first male is
>left in the aquarium, the other females will not change sex, but I'm 
not
>sure.
>
I think I read it in Linke and Staeck--At least one of the crenicichla 
species
has been show to do sex reversal.  In other words, if you buy two, one 
may turn 
a male while the  other stays a female.  Several marine fish, including 
clown
fish are known to do this.

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