PeterJ Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Apparently male guppy's are equipped for rough sex... Male guppies ensure successful mating with genital claws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daharkazangel Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 I had to read the title twice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfancygolds Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 ..pretty sure i saw them on my mollies too recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HannibalsMum Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 i had herd that males can kill the girl is both guppies an mollies due to this. its stll very fightful thought. my molly male just keeps at the girls even if they dont want to breed, where my male sword tail has to work, most the time he dont get much in return. an the guppies seem the same, so i can undrstand why they have the "claws" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJ Posted July 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 Both swords and mollies have something similar - they've been observed for a while, I guess this is the first time someone's surgically removed them to look at the effect on breeding success. I've known a few people who've 'trimmed' gonopodia for spreatail platties and lyretail swords when the males become ineffective after the fins get too long. This study suggests they may still have problems anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
