Sex my L333?

[Orinocensis1]

Hi everyone I know these guys are a little young still but any idea what they could be? They are 3" in size thanks in advance

Joe

[Barbie]

All male? Hard to be sure at that size.

Barbie

[Narwhal72]

Is it just me or do these look more like L134 than L333? The reticulation seems too thick to be L333 (or L66 for that matter).

3" is a pretty decent size for Hypancistrus and should be able to be sexed. However I don't think the fish in the picture are 3".

If that's a Lee's specimen container they are pictured in, the distance from the injection point to the vessel wall is 1.25" which would make the fish in the picture about 1.5-1.75" long. Which would make them too young to sex.

That would also explain the thick reticulation which will thin out and become more complex with age.

[Barbie]

I will admit I assumed it was probably a case of male measurement, over mistaken identity.

Barbie

[Orinocensis1]

Thanks for the replies everyone. That is not a specimen container, just a plastic container I have laying around the fish room and these are hand picked speacial L333 from multiple different spawns. These are 3" range could possibly be 2.75" or so but they are over 2.5" for sure. I'm gonna take exact measurements later on.

[Narwhal72]

Make sure your measurements are in Standard Length (tip of snout to caudal peduncle (where the tail meets the body) to get a really determinable measurement.

If they really are about 3" this makes them look less like L333 even more. But with the wormline Hypancistrus there is a lot of variation and it could make them just exceptional examples.

Andy