Discus anatomy

[stonefox]

I'm looking for a website, there I can se pictures of discus anatomy - or maybe someone can send me an mail with attached picture..

Excuse my english

[April]

stonefox . welcome. and your english is fine.
not to worry.
post away.

[Ryan Smith]

The anatomy of the outside of a discus fish, or the inside? Here's an illustration of the fins and body parts. This was sent to me by Barry Illman when I ordered Prazi last year.

Ryan

[Carol_Roberts]

internal organs
Carol :heart1:

[Smokey]

Carol -
Hope you did not go to all that trouble on one of your fish. hehehehehehehehehe.
YUCK... no wonder I never became a surgen !!!!!!!!!

Smokey
I prefer mine alive.

[brewmaster15]

I have it from a very reliable source that there should soon be a very detailed illustration of discus anatomy availible. I'll post about when I hear more.

-al

[April]

Carol it looks like that discus is peeking to see whats being done to it.
LOL.

[Ryan Smith]

LOL April that's what I thought too... he looks scared... hahaha.

Ryan

[Carol_Roberts]

This photo was done by Peter Lee. I don't have the skills ;)
Carol :heart1:

[nicole415]

Where exactly is the stomach located? (New to discus)! :)

[Carol_Roberts]

Kinda below the pectoral fins (arms)

[ham helper]

here is a really great thread from DAAH, the owner of this fish didn't know why he mysteriously died so he did a full on autopsy. it's very graphic but it's so informative it's waaaay worth it.

http://daah.info/index.php?board=22;action=display;threadid=892


look at it, it's great
kim :-*

[nicole415]

Thanks for sharing that. Very interesting. I have searched for something like that but without any luck.

Thanks
Nicole :)

[keith_cny]

Exactly Carol...It would be awsome to have a reference section where you could see a picture of a condition and read what the treatment is. Maybe a poll type response showing all treatmnts and highlihting the most used the most used.


Keith

[caca]

Carol it looks like that discus is peeking to see whats being done to it.
LOL.

that's exactly what i felt. it's a bit cruel.
but thanks for infor, i didtn' know where's swim bladder until i saw it inside fish.
very informative too. pray for that poor fish!!!

[cartoon]

Here is the Discus Anatomy print I sell on the forum. (Breeders, Importers, Vendors section),

http://forum.simplydiscus.com//index.php?board=12;action=display;threadid=9552

Or check out the banner at the bottom of the page (Discus Anatomy Print) and it will take you to the illustraton pictured. The stomach is not visible (was on the other side of the liver) and is a fairly small organ compaired to the liver! You can see the swimbldder, heart, kidneys, ovaries and intestines easily. External anatomy featured as well! I still have prints for sale too if you are interested. LOL, Peggy (cartoon) :)

[Cosmo]

..and Peggy's print looks great as a piece of art, as well as being informative...

Recommend it if you don't already own one!
Jim

[Anonapersona]

I am interested in the digestive system of the discus. Does the discus have a gullet, like some birds? It seems that the fish get puffy under the chin when eating, I've rarely seen an actual bulging belly but this is not the stomach area.

[cartoon]

Discus do not have a gullet like birds do. There would be no way for the discus to move its head back and forth like a bird does to establish a "grinding" motion. Although birds have scales and other similarities to fish, fish have no gullet! Good observation however.

The area you are inquiring about is probably just fatty tissue as no internal organs are located there. Your fishes are just well fed and happy! :)

cartoon