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“Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe, a student of the Rama, writes that one may also use fish for kapparos, provided that one can tell the difference between the male fish and the female fish. (A man takes a male, and a woman takes a female.) Indeed, the Aleph HaMagen writes that fish are preferable to chickens, because there are no problems with the shechitah and the subsequent examination to ensure that the chicken has not become a t’reifah. So, if one were to use salmon how does one tell the difference between a male salmon and a female salmon? There is an easy way to tell: the adult male salmon has a hooked nose (actually a hooked lower jaw), called a kype. The fairer type of salmon has a smooth nose (this without surgery, mind you). ” more@TJT.com