Bichirs Spawning2

Bichir spawning behavior.
For those who are curious in how they can sex their bichirs:
If your bichir is mature (around 8 inches for the smaller bichir species and a foot for the bigger guys. This can take a year to several years depending on the species.) you can tell by the anal fin. A male's anal fin will be large and fleshy. A females will be smaller and narrower. The male's anal fin becomes more exaggerated during the specie's breeding season (late spring-late summer depending on the species). For visual examples and more information, MFK has a great article here: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.­com/forums/showthread.php?t=72­999&page=2 (scroll down a little to reach the sexing/breeding part). Also, if you'd like, you can send me some pictures and I can tell you. It would be best if they're sexually mature though. When they're small it's hard to be certain.

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Pets & Animals

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• Fish
• bichirs
• breeding
• dinosaur eel
• spawning

[moormandrm]

how do u tell the diffrenc between male and female bichir pls reply

[ShadowElite951]

@moormandrm A male's anal fin will be large and fleshy. A females will be smaller and narrower. The male's anal fin becomes more exaggerated during the species breeding season (late spring-late summer depending on the species).

[ShadowElite951]

@moormandrm A male's anal fin will be large and fleshy. A females will be smaller and narrower. The male's anal fin becomes more exaggerated during the species breeding season (late spring-late summer depending on the species).

[MissErinable]

my bichir is doing this to my mexican salamander but i cant deem to find why he is