Glad I ain't a garfish!
----- Original Message -----
From: R. W. Wolff <choupiqu_at_wctc.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Gars
> I am pretty sure if you check the urinogenital opening you can tell them
> apart. The hole closest to the anal fins is where urine and eggs/milt
come
> out, the foward hole is the anus. If these are nearly the same size then
it
> is a male, if the urinogenital hole is larger than the anus then it is a
> female. This seems to work with most fish. I have not cleaned enough gars
> to know for sure, but pike are easily sexed this way. This atleast was the
> way the DNR would sex them when the got roe for hatchery stock from fyke
> netted musky and northern pike. It also works for larger sunfish species
as
> well.
> Actions can be decieving with gar. I have kept several species together in
> my pond the "Gar River" ( sounds like an amusement ride at Bubbaland, ha
> ha). When gar are spawning several males will chase a female into a
> spawning area to spawn. I have seen the different species in my pond doing
> this chasing, but doubt they were even thinking of spawning, since nothing
> happened further than that. It could be they are just all good friends
and
> act this way socially?
>
> Ray
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