Sexing L007 - Lots of Pics! ATTN Pturley!!!

fishthoughts · Post by **fishthoughts** » 27 Nov 2004, 20:15

I have these 2 plecos... L007 - Lepricanthacus galaxias... Vampire plecos, whatever you want to call them... Anyways. I can see distinct differences in the two fish, however am not too good at sexing them. I believe (or would like to anyway) that they might be a pair, and they are about 6" so getting close to spawning size... Tell me what you think.
THanks!

I believe the above to be the male.

and this one the female...

the male again... he's stressed from being in the styro, so hes a bit green.......

the female again.

Male...

I think the male again?

I dont know which one

FEmale maybe??

ANyways, thanks for looking, hopefully I got a pair... hopefully you can give me advice. I dont have a good enough camera to zoom in on the heads or pectoral fins, but the one I think is a male has very very tiny odontodes (or whatevers) on his pectoral fins, and the one I think is a female is nice and smooth...

THANKS!

kwalker · Post by **kwalker** » 28 Nov 2004, 02:56

steve

i believe you do have a pair. i'll agree that the fish above is a male. the second to be a female. lets get paul to confirm this. take care

ken walker

fishthoughts · Post by **fishthoughts** » 28 Nov 2004, 03:39

sweet... thanks man