Male or female?

[Glene20]

Bristlenose pleco about 5 months old. Can anybody tell if male or female yet?

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[thing fish]

i thought only males had bristles, and it looks like yours is developing them...now i look up the info and apparently females can have one row, which yours has. so i am gonna shut up now and wait to hear some others chime in.

 

[Glene20]

Haha this is also why i am confused.

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[Glene20]

Dont think anybody actually knows haha

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[Gillie]

A female will develop small bristles in the area yours is, males obviously get them all over.

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[ESeck]

Probably male. Females usually develop the bristles later if at all.

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[Glene20]

So male or female. Some saying male some saying female

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[Gillie]

The body looks a little wide so I'm going with female

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[Brookster123]

Def. Female

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[Glene20]

So definitely female. I have a fully grown female and she hasnt got any bristles like that. Thats why i wasnt sure

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[Brookster123]

I had a 3" female that looked exactly like yours.

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