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The stoplight parrotfish is a protogynous hermaphrodite that shows full sexual dichromatism, meaning that it changes its sex from female to male during its lifespan, and its color changes with its sex change. [4] The sex change is most likely due to the control of hormones, in particular, 11-ketetestosterone (11-KT). [5]
[1] [2] In terms of importance, the masculine gender is the default or unmarked, while the feminine gender is marked or distinct. [2] Many gender-related features are common across Romance languages. However, Spanish differs from other Romance languages, like French and Italian, in its kinship terms.
Some Spanish-speaking people advocate for the use of the pronouns elle (singular) and elles (plural). [14] Spanish often uses -a and -o for gender agreement in adjectives corresponding with feminine and masculine nouns, respectively; in order to agree with a gender neutral or non-binary noun, it is suggested to use the suffix -e.
Cetoscarus bicolor, also known as the bicolour parrotfish or bumphead parrotfish, is a species of fish belonging to the family Scaridae. It is found only in the Red Sea. Being from the Scaridae family of huge, vividly colored fish, which is well known as a main contributor of marine ecosystems, especially coral reefs by maintaining them.
Gonochorism has evolved independently multiple times. [8] It is very evolutionarily stable in animals. [9] Its stability and advantages have received little attention. [10]: 46 Gonochorism owes its origin to the evolution of anisogamy, [11] but it is unclear if the evolution of anisogamy first led to hermaphroditism or gonochorism.
Parachromis managuensis is a large species of cichlid native to freshwater habitats in Central America, where it is found from Honduras to Costa Rica. [2] The binomial name refers to Lake Managua in Nicaragua, from which the holotype was obtained. [3]
The Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus) is a species of wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean, where it can be found from North Carolina and Bermuda through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil. It inhabits coral or rock reefs at depths of 1 to 70 m (3.3 to 229.7 ft).
Trachurus lathami is a species of fish in the family Carangidae and the genus Trachurus, the jack mackerels. Common names include rough scad and horse mackerel [ 2 ] in English , as well as chinchard frappeur ( French ), chicharro garretón ( Spanish ), jurel (in Argentina and Uruguay ), and carapau , garaçuma , surel , and xixarro (in Brazil ...