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Like many wrasses, the hogfish is a sequential hermaphrodite, meaning it changes sex during different life stages; it is a protogynous, "first female" hermaphrodite; juvenile hogfish start out as female and then mature to become male. The change usually occurs around three years of age and about 36 centimetres (14 in) in length. [6]
Those that change gonadal sex can have both female and male germ cells in the gonads or can change from one complete gonadal type to the other during their last life stage. [ 7 ] In plants, individual flowers are called dichogamous if their function has the two sexes separated in time, although the plant as a whole may have functionally male ...
In fish, reproductive histories often include the sex-change from female to male where there is a strong connection between growth, the sex of an individual, and the mating system within which it operates. [55] In protogynous mating systems where males dominate mating with many females, size plays a significant role in male reproductive success ...
The males do not have to compete with other males, and female anemone fish are typically larger. When a female dies a juvenile (male) anemone fish moves in, and "the resident male then turns into a female and reproductive advantages of the large female–small male combination continue". [22] In other fishes sex changes are reversible.
If the female anemonefish is removed from the group, such as by death, one of the largest and most dominant males becomes a female. [16] The remaining males move up a rank in the hierarchy. Clownfish live in a hierarchy, like hyenas, except smaller and based on size not sex, and order of joining/birth. [citation needed]
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One other male that could possibly exist in the Amazon molly's natural range that could induce parthenogenesis in Amazon molly females is the triploid Amazon molly male. [ citation needed ] These triploid males are very rare in nature and are not necessary in the reproduction of the species, which is why the species is considered to be all female.
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