can you help to sex this zeb??????

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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whitey
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can you help to sex this zeb??????

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The Zeb is approx 3 inch in length, but we are unsure on the sex,please help !!!!!!!!!!!! as we do not know whether to add to our other group of zebs that consists of 2 males, x1 female and x2 juveniles
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Re: can you help to sex this zeb??????

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Looks female to me.
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Re: can you help to sex this zeb??????

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id just add it in anyway i have 8 altogether in my tank the 1st 5 i got were supposed to be 2 males and 3 females the next 3 i added i had no idea but mine have just had their 1st spawn of 12eggs 9 survived and 3 died they are all in tank with my big ones now all getting on nicely. beat way to look under them at genitile area if its a v shape they are male if its looking like a u they are female
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Re: can you help to sex this zeb??????

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cheers guys, what do you think the sex it at a glance craig?
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female but your 1st pic looks like a wide head male with the shape so hard to tell
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