Help sexing L260s please

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Help sexing L260s please

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I was hoping I could get some help sexing these fish ? I have had them for a little while, but never really looked at sexing them. Thank you very much in advance.
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Hi,
I see a lot of males. Second one is perhaps female. L 260 is very hard to sex. But by the way - these are real L 260.
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I agree 3 males and poss number 2 being a female
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I wants to agree with the other guys.. Nr. 2 is a female.
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Now I breed the following species: 12 Peckoltia compta - L134 and 10 Ancistrus L107/L184
I have earlier bred these plecos: L010a, Ancistrus sp., L183, L260, Hypancistrus contradens
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Thanx gang. I guess that adage about females having white stomachs doesn't always hold true since the belly of each one of these fish is totally white.
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Reminds me of the old adage that female box turtles have brown eyes and males red. One of our females, Tanya, had brown eyes that shifted to red as she aged. Thankfully that was the only part that 'transitioned' to male! ;)
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