Re: [RML] Hermaphroditism - was Kubutu

Adrian R. Tappin (atappin at ecn.net.au)
Tue, 17 Mar 1998 05:33:05 +1000

At 17:05 16/03/98 +0000, Matthew wrote:

>Seeing as though she is such a magnificent specimen, I already tried
>exactly that and she just beat him up a bit. She most definitely has
>the fin features of a female though (all short and blunt ended).
>M.s.inornata is probably the easiest Australian rainbow to sex.

I don't know about that - I seen many female inornatas that show the
extended finage of males especially the ones from the east alligator river
system and they have the male colouration as well?

>Perhaps I could try putting her with one of my Coen River tris. They
>don't seem to take any shit from their women!

It depends on the female -there are some Zena type trifasciatas as well ;-)

Adrian.
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