So yeah... I do this thing where I look up stuff on the internet about things. In this case, fish. In particular, bristle-nosed pleco, and how to tell the difference between a male and female.
My findings:
Male: Has bushy beard (feely tentacles on it's head for sensing food).
Female: Does not has bushy beard.
So there is this other thing I do where I get confused about the gender of fish. I'm not too embarrassed, I'm sure it happens to the best of us at times.
Now this young pleco of mine I have so assiduously dubbed Alan "does not has bushy beard". This fact makes me think it's actually a female, and addressing a 'lady' as Alan is quite the faux pas.
That being said however, this is as yet a juvenile, and I don't know how long it will take for a male's 'beard' to grow. So for now I'll watch it, but I may have to change from calling the young pleco 'Alan' to a more appropriate 'Alina' or 'Alice' or simply 'Ali'.
Though perhaps I can just now switch to the gender neutral 'Alex'... Hmm thoughts...
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