jrf said:
Nope, never have vented a fish.
Think you are right with the male (vent and anus same size) I can not see the females bits well from the photo so guess it is different (vent larger than anus) and thus you are right.
Funny thing about venting. It becomes most clear after the fish have bred and then not realy needed.
All the best James
WOW on the photos. Its realy hard just to see the difference (in 30 seconds) let alone photo em. :thumb: Oh for those with little bio background the anus on a fish is the one nearer the head and the vent towards the tail. Near the anal fin or better name the ventral fin. :wink:
More pedantry I am afraid.
You want to give the name as it should be......... Capital for the first letter of the genus and lower case for the species and the whole lot in italics or underlined (well if you want to be taken seriously). A bit like this
Limnochromis auritus venting photos.
No idea how to get em as more prominant on the web as think they should be but hey I have tried a bit. 8) And for the love of anything you treasure get the genus spelling right if you want anyone ever to find your photos. :wink: