How to sex a naso tang

[wetbehindears]

I have a Naso tang its doing great supreme health and.active great personality. I was wondering of their was another way to tell if a naso is male or female other than the trailing streamers on the males when they get old . I'm looking to tell if my young 5 inch naso is male or female. It seems as if mine is starting to grow streamers but its way to early to tell.

 

[captain7359]

Try some Barry White...

 

[wetbehindears]

Mine likes Celine Dion. Thanks for the glue huffing comment hah.

 

[GMaquarium]

females have the lipstick

Are you thinking about pair it up? I am not sure if there is a way to tell when they are young

 

[wetbehindears]

Well I was thinking about adding another large tank to my system so I can buy Tangs I like so when I upgrade my dt in a year or two I don't have to add small Tangs with my soon to be large Tangs. So yeahs if I cold tell if mine is male or female now I'd like to so I can get a mate for it.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

females have the lipstick

:lolspin:

Naso literatus needs to mature before you can sex it.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

note

note

there are currently 19 valid species of Naso

http://fishbase.org/NomenClature/Va...ientific+Names+where+Genus+Equals+<i>Naso</i>

 

[wetbehindears]

K thanks for reply...link didn't work.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

link worked for me just now.

anybody else have trouble opening it?

 

[Hiltonc57]

didnt work for me either

 

[chenzin22]

didnt work for me either

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

cut and pasted from fishbase

cut and pasted from fishbase

1. Naso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Whitemargin unicornfish
2. Naso brachycentron (Valenciennes, 1835) Humpback unicornfish
3. Naso brevirostris (Cuvier, 1829) Spotted unicornfish
4. Naso caeruleacauda Randall, 1994
5. Naso caesius Randall & Bell, 1992 Gray unicornfish
6. Naso elegans (Rüppell, 1829) Elegant unicornfish
7. Naso fageni Morrow, 1954 Horseface unicornfish
8. Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) Sleek unicornfish
9. Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801) Orangespine unicornfish
10. Naso lopezi Herre, 1927 Elongate unicornfish
11. Naso maculatus Randall & Struhsaker, 1981
12. Naso mcdadei Johnson, 2002 Squarenose unicornfish
13. Naso minor (Smith, 1966) Slender unicorn
14. Naso reticulatus Randall, 2001
15. Naso thynnoides (Cuvier, 1829) Oneknife unicornfish
16. Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835) Bulbnose unicornfish
17. Naso tuberosus Lacepède, 1801 Humpnose unicornfish
18. Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775) Bluespine unicornfish
19. Naso vlamingii (Valenciennes, 1835) Bignose unicornfish


more info

 

[tmz]

GM loved the lipstick line. Needed a laugh . Thanks.