Sex of this LF Bristlenose ?

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Europian

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Hi,

I have a Long fin albino pleco, and was wondering if you could tell the sex of it - it has some bristles on the sides but none on the front.
I'm hoping it's a female - but it's probably a male - but could do with confirmation.

It's over 3" long with the tail.

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stephcps

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May be too early to tell then for sure...but I would go with female. Very pretty one too!
 

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Sometimes with albino bns you can see a red triangular area on the back of a male's head (fairly big). Females don't get it. So I vote female from what I see, but I agree with steph, may be too early.
 

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I think a male would show some bristles on his nose at 18 months old. Females can get some small bristles on the side.
 

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Thanks guys.

These LF's have been very slow growers, I have more (from the same batch) that have started breeding - but the females
have no bristles at all, and the males are very obvious - I just wasn't sure about this one.

I was just recently given 2 male regular brown bristlenose, and was hoping to breed one of them with this one.
 

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Head is small, looks like a female.
 
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