Odontodes study of L134

[barmby]

I want to find out. Odontodes at tail section means it is a definite male ?

Some pictures.

Please help :)

3 inches..or 3.5 inches at best.......
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2255/dsc04871r.jpg


http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4152/dsc04872r.jpg


Lets zoom in:-
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3883/dsc04873tailr.jpg

[celticfish]

Females may have tail flank odontodes but much less in density.
For the pictured fish I'd say its male.
Quite certain due to the density of odontodes.

[Champ-BKK]

Looklike male too me

Nice pattern

[Edmundo]

ladies do have some hair on their legs but less dense. Like wat irwin mentioned. males tends to have dense growth of odontoides. :)

[barmby]

Females may have tail flank odontodes but much less in density.
For the pictured fish I'd say its male.
Quite certain due to the density of odontodes.

I see. Thanks for enlightening.

Looklike male too me

Nice pattern

Hi hi. You could be right. Thanks :)

ladies do have some hair on their legs but less dense. Like wat irwin mentioned. males tends to have dense growth of odontoides. :)

I think you have cited a good example.

[lyh]

Are there any chance that males have little odontodes near their tail section? Just like me have little hair on my legs :o :D

[Mr.XPlecos]

nice hairy male there

[barmby]

Another male :)

http://a.imageshack.us/img37/3583/l134dsc06940.jpg

Check it out.. just like a mini cf barrae :)

http://a.imageshack.us/img842/8056/l134dsc06943odontodes.jpg

[Edmundo]

Wow wat camera u use ah?

[SoToNgMaN]

Wow wat camera u use ah?
Sony DSC-W55

1/20s seems too low to be hand held ... should be using tripod or laid on some table ...

[bbyy]

my camera is lousy hahaa.. coz i expand and see my history of photos, i'm not able to see such a nice hairy on their body.

incidentally, do you have any female picture to share?:)

[barmby]

Wow wat camera u use ah?
I use a normal Sony digital camera. I use the "flower" mode :D

Sony DSC-W55

1/20s seems too low to be hand held ... should be using tripod or laid on some table ...
You are good. Where is the Hongkong pictures? :mad:

[barmby]

my camera is lousy hahaa.. coz i expand and see my history of photos, i'm not able to see such a nice hairy on their body.

incidentally, do you have any female picture to share?:)
http://a.imageshack.us/img7/6286/dsc04258l134crop.jpg
Female, why? never cave!!

btw, i was flipping my pleco book before i sleep last night. i notice all Peckoltia species has very hairy body.

[johannes]

small panaque/panaqolus males are also hairy, e.g. L104, L169, L002, L204 etc

[barmby]

Ah.. gonna flip those books later :) nice avatar that you have there..

[SoToNgMaN]

Ah.. gonna flip those books later :) nice avatar that you have there..
some other things are also known to be hairy ....