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Unread 04/21/2017, 05:55 PM   #63
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This picture is actually pretty good to tell you what to look for:

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Originally Posted by Rhygar666 View Post
I hope im allowed to upload a picture of a german internet site. not my picture but it got watermark. Helped me with the gender

heres a link to the internet site http://www.kimmich.ch/syngnathidae.htm
Only the males have spikes on the top of their snout. Females have a smooth snout.
On adults you should also be able to see the pouch on males (quite easy since they usually swim belly up). Females have a smooth belly and usually no blue stripe running down the center of the belly which markes the separation line of the pouch on males.


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