Sunday, April 15, 2012

Reproduction

All clownfish are born male and develop female reproductive organs when needed. When the femle in the sea anemone group dies, the dominant male becomes female and breeds with a male. The female can lay hundreds or thousands of eggs at one time. Clownfish lay their eggs around the same time as a full moon. The male fish guards the eggs until they hatch just over a week later.

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