L240 male or female?

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L240 male or female?

Post by Kenneth Wong »

This L240 is around 8 inches. Do you think it is male or female? Pictures are all of the same pleco.

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Re: L240 male or female?

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Hi,

wide belly + acute head = female
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Re: L240 male or female?

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I also think it's a female, and very nice, as always ;).

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Re: L240 male or female?

Post by Cristoffer Forssander »

I agree! Large females tend to look a bit more like males but compared with a large male the differences is clear! Especially looking at the odontodes at the snout!

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