Blue stripe pipefish - male or female?

[Flashy Fins]

I've read a lot of posts on this forum and some of the breeding forums regarding this fish, but since I'm registered here, easiest to ask on this one. I know there are some experts and several breeders here. I've read all I can find about sexing this fish and believe mine is male, but it's the only one I've seen in person, so I'd like confirmation (or correction, if you believe it's female). I did the best I could getting photos.

Thanks in advance!

 

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Hmmm. The bumps on its snout suggest male, but I've read reports by others around here that females get them sometimes too. The fish's belly seems pretty round for a male, but that could be the angle of the photo. Mature males have flattened bellies.

 

[Chad Vossen]

I vote male