Need help sexing my pleco please

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kin11470
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Need help sexing my pleco please

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Any idea for my pleco sexing?
I got 9 of them.
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Re: Need help sexing my pleco please

Post by Mol_PMB »

A general principle is that a male is usually widest at the 'shoulders' and tapers back in a triangular shape from there. A female bulges further back.
This rule doesn't always work (especially with under or over-fed fish) but it's fairly reliable.
Based on that, in the group photo, the large one on the left hand side is a female. Probably also the one just below it and the darker one on the right hand side. The single fish in the top photo is male; I think most of the others are although there's a couple not so clear.
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