New Fish Species Discovered Sporting Penis With 4 Hooks

[Blackduiker]

Gambusia quadruncus, a recent freshwater fish discovery in Mexico:

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[DavidBrown]

I don't think that this adaptation would go over very well in our species

 

[Hix]

Penis with four hooks? That's nothing - Echidnas have a penis with four heads!



Hix

 

[gentle lemur]

From the photo in this report, you can see that the gonopodium (the tubular anal fin that is effectively its penis) is roughly 30% of its body length. Can a monotreme beat that?
Actually species of Gambusia are rather underendowed compared to their relatives in the genus Phallichthys.

Alan