#spawn vs. autospawning

[g2k]

where can I find some info on the difference between #spawn and the spawn stuff in eqadmin. I'm using eqadmin 2.3 and all the spawns i try to create come out looking like either male or female humans no matter what I set the race to I've have tried 39 gnoll and 61 shark in qeynos and qeynos2. the shark works in qeynos with #spawn but not autospawning from the db and the gnoll does the same in qeynos2. I just wanna know how to setup the db to spawn things that look like what they are supposed to.

thanks,
G2k

p.s.
If I posted this in the wrong place i'm sorry. I'm kinda new to this (just downloaded the emu yesterday).