Can you sex zebs?

We all know how difficult it is to identify the sex of these fish, so please post a picture in here and we'll try to help you (or at least give an educated guess!).
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el-reino
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Can you sex zebs?

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Here is few of zebs to decide, sorry little poor picture quality (i tried my best) all are atleast 2,5years old.

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5 & 6
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(only "hairy" zeb in tank is alfa-male)

I don't put more picture's yet - if these aren't good - rest pictures are like these... I have still photos of about 20-25more zebs.
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Re: Can you sex zebs?

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The pictures is in to bad quality.
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I can only see pic 1 and it's to unclear :(
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Re: Can you sex zebs?

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HI I can only say that my old Alpha male ( maybe even 7 years old)is so "furry"that you can see his Odontes on the front fins from 3 feet away. I suppose he is admittedly an easy one to sex. Also, he is quite a bit bigger than the females...also bulkier with maybe a bigger head
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