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Offline Ron

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Some African Cichlids Can Change Sex?
« on: December 21, 2012, 08:20:41 PM »
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Offline Dan K

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Re: Some African Cichlids Can Change Sex?
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2012, 08:38:05 PM »
wild!
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Re: Some African Cichlids Can Change Sex?
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2012, 10:48:48 PM »
Nature finds a way.
George Barlow tells about a Jack Dempsey female that laid fertilized eggs. I guess She was the only fish in the enclosure. IIRC it was in his book " Cichlids, nature's grand experiment "
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Re: Some African Cichlids Can Change Sex?
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2012, 11:22:20 PM »
(copied from the other thread)
Jay Stauffer mentioned this in his program down at the OCA Extravaganza.
I believe I have read elsewhere that the fish do not change sexes, they just develop both male and female reproduction ability. IIRC, it is called gynandromorphism, similar to hermaphroditism.
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Re: Some African Cichlids Can Change Sex?
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2012, 06:35:42 AM »
Funny I observed this many years ago with Auratus and people told me it was impossible and I was crazy ( see the were only half right !)
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