SEXING L46

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Doggodricky
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SEXING L46

Post by Doggodricky »

PLEASE HELP TO SEXING L46 :D
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C
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D
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E
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F
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G
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MatsP
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Post by MatsP »

Fish A Female, 90%
Fish B Male, 99%
Fish C - I think you have two fish under the same letter here - first fish shown is female (90%) and second fish is male (99%). If it's actually the same fish, it's definitely male.
Fish D Female, 90%
Fish E Male, 99%
Fish F Female, 90%
Fish G Young male, 90%

I'm less certain about the females, since they are often harder to tell. It would have been good to have a measure of each fish, to see what size they are, as that will help identify if they are juvenile or adult...

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Post by Doggodricky »

Fish C - I think you have two fish under the same letter here - first fish shown is female (90%) and second fish is male (99%). If it's actually the same fish, it's definitely male.
THANK YOU

IT'S MY MISTAKE :D , THE fish is male (99%) CHANGED TO LETTER "H"

A 2.5-3"
B 3"
C 2.5-3"
D 2.5-3"
E 2.5"
F 2.5"
G 2"-2.5"
H 3"
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MatsP
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Post by MatsP »

With those sizes, all fish are in the adult range, so I would say that the ones I call females are most likely so.

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Post by Cattleya »

Hi
i belive D, E and G are Femal , the other one male
excuse my bad bad English


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Post by McEve »

Female
male
young male
male
young male
young female
male

http://www.zebrapleco.com has a forum with several experienced Zebrakeepers. You might want to post your pictures there for more opinions.

Unfortunately there's always an element of guessing involved when sexing Zebras from pictures only :)
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