Am I correct to assume this is a female?

[mdfa.ca]

Hello everyone,

I've had this Long Fin BN Pleco since she/he was barely over an inch. For some reason I have always assumed he was a male, but now that "he" has grown to almost 4 inches (Nose to tip of tail) and after seeing some that were definitely males, I'm beginning to think Freckles is actually a female. Here she (?) is:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e62/mdfa/freckles1.jpg

And here is the closeup of her head and bristles:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e62/mdfa/freckles2.jpg

What do you guys think?

[budahrox]

Looks like a male to me.
Cheers!!

[mdfa.ca]

OH... Hmmm, here I was busy looking for a male when what I really needed was a female. Great!

[Katalyst]

Yep I'd agree with your fish being a he. None of my females has even have a hint of a whisker allthough there are people who report having females with bristles I've never seen any.

[mdfa.ca]

Rats!!!!!!!

[nightowl1350]

some females do have some tiny bristles, but never seen any with the branches on the bristles (only males seem to have the branches)

[Romulous]

Some of my females look like that .... Males have larger more elaborate bristles

[jones02]

i have a female that just layd eggs that has wiskers like that. the male is with the fry now still and theres only 2 of them in there