Help Sexing Banggai Cardinal

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Hey all - could use some help here. Received a mated pair of these lovely fish from Liveaquaria's Divers Den, however one of them succumbed rapidly to an infection it acquired in transit (or before). I'm trying to figure out the sex of the remaining one so that I can get it an appropriate mate.

I've read that the most reliable way is to observe the number of vents on the belly, with females having one vent and males having two. But it's hard to find great pictures of this online. This is maybe the clearest example.

My best guess is this one is male and I'm seeing two vents, but could use some help to confirm. It helps to play back the video at 1/4 speed.

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Here’s another longer video:

 
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