Male and female identifying help

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Miks786

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Hi all.
Could you please tell me which is male and which is female between the 2 rays of mine, the one with the birth mark was sold as male and the one without was sold as female
(Apologies for the bad pics but they are very active)

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It’s too blurry for me to tell, male stingrays have two claspers underneath the base of their tail. If you can get better photos of their bellies near the base of their tail, I could tell you which is M/F
 
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Reese11 Reese11 How small are the claspers on new born/young rays?
 
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It’s too blurry for me to tell, male stingrays have two claspers underneath the base of their tail. If you can get better photos of their bellies near the base of their tail, I could tell you which is M/F
Also try to get the photo when their pelvic fins are spread apart
Reese11 Reese11 How small are the claspers on new born/young rays?
When they’re newborns the claspers are tiny, they can be hard to spot unless you pull them out with a clear container and look from underneath. Sometimes when the pelvic fins are closed, the skin sort of folds up a bit and can hide the newborns claspers
 
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Reese11 Reese11 cheers bro. Hoping i need to use that advice very soon 🤗
 
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