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Topic: Lingcod sexing  (Read 9044 times)

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demonick

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Anyone know how to sex a lingcod?  I'd like to know whether I've caught a male or female.  Online search turned up nothing, though I did find a length/weight/age charts for males and females:

http://www.fisharc.com/derbies/41-2011_Big_Fish_Contest_Kids_Too_NEW_Albacore_Division_Added/page/1536-Ling_Cod_Length_Weight_Chart

I took the data and turned it into an Excel spreadsheet.

« Last Edit: May 11, 2013, 10:23:08 AM by demonick »
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Adult
lingcod can be sexed externally: males have a
distinct papilla just forward of the anus.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lE4lPw3j6wgJ:www.nwrc.usgs.gov/wdb/pub/species_profiles/82_11-119.pdf+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

-Shaw, Hassler 1989

Interestingly on the wikipedia article on Lingcod it says that

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An adult male can be distinguished externally from a female by the presence of a small, conical papilla behind the anal vent.

Behind, in front heh I guess its not clear if they are talking about head to tail or tail to head but regardless of orientation it seem like the papilla is what you are looking for
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I have heard theories ranging from the size of the fish being a determinant, to the sliminess of the fish.
This article talks about scientifically sexing a lingcod using the "Females and males mature at age 3-5 years (61-75 cm) and age 2 years (45 cm), respectively. Adult males can be distinguished externally from females by the presence of a small, conical papilla behind the anal vent. "

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/species-especes/groundfish-poissonsdesfonds/lingcod-moruelingue/hist-eng.htm


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There are some more pictures of the papilla in this ifish thread.  Size, slimness, and papilla all seem to be pretty good indicators.

http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php?t=441371
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I was getting worried of the title of this thread my advice was to stay away from the mouth lol ;D
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I was getting worried of the title of this thread my advice was to stay away from the mouth lol ;D
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You can tell by looking at the bottom of the fish. Arou d the anus . There is a flap of skin. I believe the longer is the male and shorty is females.


 

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