What's this albino suckerfish? Normal ancistrus?

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What's this albino suckerfish? Normal ancistrus?

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Just bought this pretty little thing at an auction. Can anyone help me specify what it is?

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albino common bristlenose
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Do the tiny bristles along the upper lip indicate with certainty that this is a male (which would of course get larger as the fish matures), or do females also show small bristles along the upper lip?

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Females show bristles around the edge of the face, but only males grow bristles up the face - female bristles are not always evident & are always inferior to male bristles in size & quantity
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Thanks Richard. That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure.
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