Do I have all female Harlequin Rasboras?

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I purchased 7 a while back but on the day of purchase 2 died while acclimating, the ones that died were much much smaller so I assume they went into shock as the rest all lived and are perfectly healthy.

Now I want to start breeding them but I feel like all my rasboras are female? What do yall think?

Heres a vid and pic


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I think you have 1 male in there but I'm going to have to Google to refresh my memory on the differences to make sure
Edit: I think the one with the smaller sharper black on its tail is a male. It's also slightly smaller than the rest of the fish.
 

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I think you have 1 male in there but I'm going to have to Google to refresh my memory on the differences to make sure
Edit: I think the one with the smaller sharper black on its tail is a male. It's also slightly smaller than the rest of the fish.
Thank you! I hope he is! Hes the only one that has stayed smaller compared to the others
 
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I think the smaller one might be a lambchop rasbora, Trigonostigma espei.
That looks about it! I thought he was the male because he looked different but that seems to be right. He/she schools with the rest fine but can he/she mate with harlequins?
 
He/she schools with the rest fine but can he/she mate with harlequins?
The two species might be able to hybridize, but I don't think it's very likely.
 
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The two species might be able to hybridize, but I don't think it's very likely.
Thanks. I may just get more of the lambchops so theres an equal amount of each
 
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