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Re: Rhaphidophora sp. at Fairchild Tropical Garden

From: Lewandjim at aol.com on 2000.07.08 at 02:40:12(5015)
In a message dated 07/07/2000 8:07:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
StellrJ@aol.com writes:
<< That is because the live-bearing fishes actually HAVE phalli (at least the
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males!), an unusual feature in fish. Your example Phalloceros does indeed
have a horned phallus.
Jason Hernandez
Naturalist-at-Large >>
Not so unusual as you might think. Even many egg-laying fishes practice
internal fertilization using a number of different intromittent "organs". The
thread of discussion, however, began regarding "risque" names.
Jim Langhammer

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