fishguy1978
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I have 5 Red Hooks. Some have a point on the anal fin and some are rounded. Which is the male or female? They were not very cooperative during family pictures.
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@Colin James, the silver dollar variety you have is not what I had.
I had MYLOPLUS RUBRIPINNIS, or Red Hook Mytennis.
Mine were big and had large hooks like these
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Not my pic, pic from here: https://www.aquariumfishsale.com/products/red-hook-meytinnis
https://www.aquariumfishsale.com/products/red-hook-meytinnis
Mine looked like the picture above. I never could tell the sex of these things... but the belief is that the longer anal fin is supposed to be male. The other thought is the male will get dark or black on the edge of the tail.
Little silver dollars are so cute... then they grow up, lol. I dont miss the getting hosed part of feeding them! Very aggressive feeders for sure. They like to eat.
Update on my $5 THEY ARE WILD CAUGHT!!!!