Sexing of L14 Sunshine Pleco, suspected female

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Sexing of L14 Sunshine Pleco, suspected female

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Any input greatly appreciated!
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Re: Sexing of L14 Sunshine Pleco, suspected female

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Hope I don't bait you into thinking there is an answer to be had from me, but just wanted to say it's a really beautiful pleco! :) Deffo one for the list.
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Re: Sexing of L14 Sunshine Pleco, suspected female

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If you follow the sexing guide for L14 it would be a male..... but from personally having them I would say female! To me it looks nice sized...... what is the size on this beauty?


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Here is a female that I had to compare your to..... ~13" TL (~33cm) HTH

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Re: Sexing of L14 Sunshine Pleco, suspected female

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I can't really make out the ventral shot, on the basis of the dorsal shot, I would tend towards this being a female.

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