Pegasus Posted November 6, 2002 Report Share Posted November 6, 2002 Question regarding Molly Type -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Can any one tell me what type of Molly it is that has an enlongated tassle type arangement on the end of a cord looking thing dangling from between its pectrals that measures aprox one and a half inches long. Its a silver male of which apparantly only comes in one other colour, black. It is a high fin with a lyre tail. Is it a deformity? I have a photo of him but dont know how to post it. Thanks, Melinda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The above is a post from another board, but got my attention, and to be honest I don't know what it could be. Any ideas ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted November 6, 2002 Report Share Posted November 6, 2002 Pegasus said, that Melinda said... > Can any one tell me what type of Molly it is that has > an enlongated tassle type arangement on the end of a > cord looking thing dangling from between its pectrals > that measures aprox one and a half inches long. Its a > silver male of which apparantly only comes in one other > colour, black. Like the one in the bottom right picture here?: http://www.aquariumfish.com.my/fishnotes/mollypics.html With long finned fish, all fins can be elongated. The gonopodium of livebearers is a modified anal fin so... Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted November 6, 2002 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2002 WOW AJ, Good example. Thanks muchly. Never knew they got THAT long. Will inform the poster and give credit to you for the search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted November 7, 2002 Report Share Posted November 7, 2002 These long-fin livebearers, where the gonopodium is affected, are often functionally infertile ie they still produce viable sperm but they are incapable of successfully inseminating the female. This has lead to some people experimenting with artificial insemination of livebearers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 7, 2002 Report Share Posted November 7, 2002 Obviously size does matter. Artificial insemination must be a fiddly job on a small fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted November 8, 2002 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2002 Bill said, Good example. Thanks muchly. Never knew they got THAT long. I of course meant the lower finnage, not the gonopodium, which seems to be a prob in specialized breeding. In the early days of development of the King Cobra, Snakeskins, and Delta Guppies this was a major prob but the breeders obviously found ways around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted February 8, 2003 Report Share Posted February 8, 2003 Hi all I had a silver hi-fin mollie (sailfin), same as the link pointed out by Andrew. That was the father, the mother was a true black normal-fin molly. When I had the accident and all my fish died, the mollie was the only survivor. Now I have 3 generations. Mostly sailfin, beautifully coloured and quite a few lyretails. But none have those tassles. To be honest, I would not like them either. The mollie looks out of proportion then. But that is only my opinion. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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