Talk:Poecilia gillii

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 20:22, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

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A red fin form male

• ... that small Poecilia gillii males have longer sex organs than big males (pictured) to facilitate mating with females which flee from them? Source: Furness et al
  • ALT1: ... that small Poecilia gillii males have bigger sex organs than big males (pictured) because females might otherwise prefer big-bodied males?
  • Comment: If anyone has got an idea on how to word this better, please share because I am not sure I am making the most of this pearl :) Surtsicna (talk) 18:49, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Montgomery Riverfront Brawl

Created by Surtsicna (talk). Self-nominated at 18:25, 26 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Poecilia gillii; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Starting review--Kevmin § 15:39, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

• Article new enough and long enough. Hook cited and sourced. The hook doesnt really match the source at this point, the gonopodium is described as facilitating successful Gonopodial thrusts and subtle mating to avoid attention. I would suggest a hook something along the lines of ..."small Poecilia gillii males have longer sex fins than big males (pictured) to assist in courtship-less mating".--Kevmin § 16:59, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Kevmin, you may have missed it:
"Small males had a relatively long gonopodium relative to body size and large males a short gonopodium."
"A long gonopodium is thought to facilitate sneak copulations by increasing manoeuvrability during mating attempts."
"Large males do not have to chase rapidly after females in order to mate with them."
"Mobile small males appear to engage in an indiscriminate mating strategy, in which they chase females that are often unreceptive and attempt coercive mating." Surtsicna (talk) 10:22, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oh excellent, I had missed that last line when I was reading though the source!
• Article new enough and long enough, hooks both cited and sourced, with neutral wording used. No policy issues identified in the articles or sources, and no copyvio issues seen. Image is main page appropriately licensed. Looks good to go with either hook.--Kevmin § 13:07, 3 September 2023 (UTC)