Tubercules on small clown?

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loachmom
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Tubercules on small clown?

Post by loachmom » Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:26 pm

Today I left my oldest daughter alone with the camera, and look what she did! She took better pictures than I do! :D

As I was loading them on the computer, I was very surprised to see these bumps on the one clown's face. You can not see these with the naked eye as far as I can tell, and none of my clowns exceed 4"TL.

Are these tubercules? Sorry for the dirty glass.
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Thanks for any input.
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Post by Martin Thoene » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:04 pm

Yes Ma'm them be tubercules.

You are absolved for the glass. Say 12 Hail Windex's :wink:

You'd better watch that one (daughter).

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Post by Diana » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:11 pm

Great action shot!
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Happy fish keeping!
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Post by loachmom » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:15 pm

You are absolved for the glass. Say 12 Hail Windex's
:lol:

Thanks Martin and Diana!!

I was surprised that such a small loach would have reached sexual maturity--if that's what the tubercules mean.

Does this mean that under the right conditions they could spawn at this size?

(Please understand that I do not expect them to spawn in my tank. Just wondering if they don't have to be huge to spawn.)
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