> Whew!
>
> 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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