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I'm just wondering what these tentical looking things are where his nose would be? What purpose do they serve?
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Yep, they're smell organs. Cute, innit!

Incidentally, their sense of smell is very strong. My fahaka is not fooled when I sneak a live snail into the back of his tank... He smells something snailey and investigates immediately!

Yeah...apparently cos of the extra space taken up by their teeth, their olfactory, or smell, organs have been shunted to the outside.
I used to call them their eyebrows till I found out what they were. Actually, I still do, but yeah, that's what they are...a nose, so to speak.
Pami.

Since fish do not have a connection between the "nose" smell/taste organs and the mouth/gills (their respiratory tract), externals are more effective than internals. Format and number of components is useful in ID for some species, comparable to the barbel numbers and brach structures in catfish.

Any chance of making those pics a little smaller? Thanks

Rocker wrote:Any chance of making those pics a little smaller? Thanks

I didn't down-size them so you can get a better look at the "tenticals" I'm talking about.

How about cropping them then?

I dont know how, if you tell me I will.

Do you have Photoshop?

No, I have paint

- Open the image in Paint
- Click the "Image" pull-down, then "Stretch/Skew"
- Change Horizontal and Verticle from 100% to 50%
- Save file

... or, I'll take care of it for you.
Just send the pic my way and I'll send back the cropped image, "tenticles" intact and at the same res.