L052 Butterfly plecs, anyone help with the sex of these?

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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L052 Butterfly plecs, anyone help with the sex of these?

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Hi all, i was wondering if anyone knew the sex of my two l052,s butterfly plecs, well come on guys they DO have STRIPES lol,
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Post by McEve »

One has dots.... I got lost at the dots :?

:lol:

Sorry, can't help you, but I'm sure somebody else can :)
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Haha

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yeah sorry, the spotty one is an orange seam lol,
if anyone knows the sex of that one lol, no im only after the stripey ones sexes,
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Post by McEve »

ok then 8) Don't confuse me like that again ok? :lol:

I think the large one is a female, and the smaller one is too small to sex.

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Post by smithrc »

the body shape of the larger one screams female...

the fact the other is sleeker could mean its a male... how does it behave - is it dominant? does it have a cave?
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butterfly,s

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hi and thanks for the rep;ys, the smaller one is darker than the bigger one and does hang out in and around caves, but it does go into diffrent ones never the same one,
i hardly see them both out at the same time so its hard to say if it dominates the other one, as they do hide quite alot,
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Post by husky_jim »

Not sure about the sex but the fish are NOT Dekeyseria (L52)....They are for sure Hypancistrus!
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l52

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Ok ????????? oh dear, what do you think they are then?
have they an L number?
i bought them as LO52 butterfly plecs,
any help guys would be REALLY greatfull now lol.
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Post by Alenate »

I would also say Hypancistrus.
I`ll would say they might be Hypancistrus debilittera L-129

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L052?

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I just checked them out, yeah they could be, but what makes you think that they are not butterflies? its put me all in a spin now lol,
if its any use the bigger one is just over 3.5 inches
im not sure but should i open this under a diffrent topic?
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L052

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Ive just had another check on planet catfish, they look a lot like L199
cause they have lovely blue eyes
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Post by smithrc »

defiantly not L129's - here is one of ours...

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I agree - they could be L199's though.
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i would tend to agree as the 2 dorsel views on the l199 are near exact like mine.
that is one hell of a GEORGEOUS plec you have there,
i will have to go and find out more about them now.
thanks everyone
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Post by smithrc »

:) cheers... we have a mature group of 5 of them... that are for sale if you interested :D :D
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Post by bonsai »

Hi Russel, really haven't got a clue on sexing these beautiful fish. All that I can say in they are gorgeous! Hope you're having some luck with the Zeb's also? Keep us posted on things pan out :wink: !
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