L134 Pleco sexing

[RJZ1995]

Hello everyone. I just picked up a group 8 of L134 plecos from a local guy, and I was wondering if anyone can help sex them. They are very discolored as I had just transported them home and hadn’t put them in the main tank yet.

Thanks in advance!

 

[phreeflow]

What size are they? They seems a bit small. Adult males will grow odontodes on the latter half of the body. If you can trigger breeding conditions, males will get quite “hairy” and it’s easy to sex. You can try to sex by body shape but that’s not as accurate

 

[RJZ1995]

Approximately 2.75-3inches. Not sure how old they are. The guy I got them from said he’s had them from about a year and they grown approximately half an inch since he got them

 

[Fallen_Leaves16]

I see two males and three females; the rest I'm not certain.
Pics of genital papillae and of each individual fish in a brightly-lit tank from above would help.

 

[RJZ1995]

Unfortunately I already put them in the take so that’s the only photo I have at the time.