Tropical fish - what type of pleco is this

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I have a pleco I bought a few years ago … was sold to me as a rusty pleco… however I have seen other rusty plecs and they look very different from mine :…image below
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Top is male, Other two I think are female based on nuchal hump. But I'm not great at sexing angelfish. There will be people along shortly who will be able to be more confident I'm sure.
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The best way to sex angels is when you can see their ovipositor. On males they are long and thin and females are short and more stumpy.

That or catch a pair laying and fertilising eggs.
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You can tell a female if it has a wide blunt ovipositor sticking out, or a male with a thin pointy one. Apart from that, Angels can’t be sexed by sight.
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