Some zebs for sexing .... please!

[elaine]

Hi,

I am trying to make up another little group and, if left to my own devices, they'd most likely be all male. I'm totally useless at sexing zebs LOL !

The pics aren't great, but someone might like to have a stab at it. The last 2 are the youngest at about 2 1/2 years.

Thanks
Elaine

 

[Irene0100]

well I admit I am hopeless, but I think the first two may be male, the second group of three has a female on the right.

 

[Bigjohnnofish]

they are nice healthy looking fish... the black seems to be more dominant colour on your fish which may be the bloodline... or in my experience the males seem to have more black in their black stripes than white in their white stripes if you get my drift.... last 2 seem to have short noses or it could just be the angle of the camera when the photo was taken...
gonna have another look before i have a guess at it.....

 

[Bigjohnnofish]

1st pic.... 2 males
2nd pic.... 2 males and 1 female
3rd pic.... 2 females

this is really guess work going off these pics... maybe a group photo of all of them could help to differentiate head shape to body etc....

 

[Andrew]

I brightened the pictures a bit;

Mature Adults.

Mature Adults

Two young adults (around 2.5yrs to 3yrs old)

I couldn't zoom in on the pictures to check odontal growth.
So going by body shape the first picture looks a pair to me.
A male on the left, with a female on the right.

The second picture with the group of three look to me;
Male on the left,
Female in the center &
Female on the right.

The last picture of the two young adults look to me;
Two males.

 

[elaine]

Hello and thanks for the replies. Making up this group is really starting to do my head in LOL ! I've reshuffled fish several times.

Anyway, here's what I was guessing :

Pic 1 - I thought was a pair ( male left, female right )

Pic 2 - Female centre and right
Left - ? ( looks male but never caves and only has short stubble on
it's cheeks. Very fine pectoral hair.

Pic 3 - I thought looked like a young pair ( female left, male right )
Left fish shorter, narrower round the head area, right fish seemed
slightly bigger and broader around the head.

I'm probably way off because I'm not particularly good at sexing plecs. I have more than one so - called male that lays eggs LOL !

All I really wanted was to see if I had picked a mixed bunch ..... and not a load of males LOL !

Thanks again for your input.
Elaine