Male or Female????

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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Male or Female????

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I have had this zeb for about a month now what does everyone think?

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I'd say female.... can i borrow her :) :D
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Sorry I'd say male

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Lorna just took a look and says male too...

I'm out voted so far :D
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:( OH WELL ANOTHER MALE :lol:
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I can be sure but it looks like a young male let it grow and see what happens
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Post by SAP »

I'd say its a young female looking at the dorsal fins.
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im gonna say female tell me if im right becuase i dont understand it all yet,
It looks fat like a female the head is rounded.
The fins dont seem very hairy to me.


Other then that i cant say if you could point me to a few other indicators of either sex i would be grateful.
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I'd say definitely male at the size. I'm confused though, dorsal fins? Last I checked, most fish only have the one dorsal? This fish has large pelvic fins also, another good sign it's a male. Thickened pectoral ray, everything but the "cheek" and heavy odontodes he'll get with age.

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i'm sorry barbie my englisch is not that good
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