Sex my L066

[whiteymoza]

I have what I'm pretty sure are a pair of L066 King tigers but would just like to confirm this?

The female I beleive is the one on the left and the male on the right?




Female?



Male?



More pictures of the ?Male?





And the ?Female?

[andywoolloo]

I tend to go by head shape, the pic on top seems like male left female right, but the other pics, which by the way all pics are wonderful and they look great! the other pics, 3 and 4 down, look like both male heads. But be advised, novice here.

I love your shrimp kabob thing. what is that?

[jac]

My guess is that they are both males.
Beautifull fish tho

[whiteymoza]

Can anyone confirm this? I'm really not sure they are both males the larger fatter one is hugely different in size and shape to the more slender skinny one and seems to lack any kind of orthodontles whereas the smaller one has very small orthodontles or at least seems to.

[mangopleco]

2 very nice looking males

[whiteymoza]

Yep, unfortunately your right, managed to get a rare closer look at the larger one just now at feeding time and he definetly also has small orthodontles on the pectorals, cheeks and around the head although nowhere near as pronounced as the smaller male.

[Borbi]

Hi,

I´d suggest not to focus too much on odontodal growth for sexing black/white (or any other, for that matter) Hypancistrus, that depends on too many variables you probably cannot know/control. Especially if you just got the fish and don´t know in what condition they are.

With Hypancistrus it is easiest to focus on headshape, viewed from above. Males have a considerably wider head than females, and the head broadens towards the gills with a "hump", while females have an almost convex profile.

That works with a lot of plecos I came across, by the way, not just Hypancistrus.

Cheers, Sandor