Farlowella ~ Male Or Female?

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JoebW

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Is my Farlowella a male or a female?
 

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I can't really see in this photo but you can tell the male because he has bristles on his rostrum.
 
Well...which is it? ;)

Oh, and in juveniles you really can't tell very well until they get older.
 
Sounds kind of like a Bristlenose pleco in terms of gender identification.
 
Oh.. I thought you were telling me its a male :( Errm well it appears to have tiny micro ridges and umm there's a like a ridge extended at the very top that's an opaque/white color? You can make it out in the picture.
 
No, I can't really tell from the photo but you can look and see. Or if you can take a better shot of the rostrum using the macro mode on  your camera we can all take a closer look.
 
Sorry IPhones don't really have the best camera in the world :(
 

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First glance I would say female or juvenile. Also, you can tell the species often by counting the plates. Two vs three rows.  
Here's a good example of the male.
Farlowella_acus_male3.jpg
 
I was thinking acus but I can't see the whole thing very well.
 
Here :)
 

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It can be hard to tell because sometimes it's just the number of plate rows that determines species but I'm sticking with my original thought.
 
Ahh okay. I'll try and get a better pic later!
 
My guess was going to be female just going on the shape of them. Though just a guess from observations, not a species I have had to sex very often!
 

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