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A pregnant Southern platyfish. Pregnancy has been traditionally defined as the period of time eggs are incubated in the body after the egg-sperm union. [1] Although the term often refers to placental mammals, it has also been used in the titles of many international, peer-reviewed, scientific articles on fish.
Most male fish have two testes of similar size. In the case of sharks, the testes on the right side is usually larger [citation needed].The primitive jawless fish have only a single testis, located in the midline of the body, although even this forms from the fusion of paired structures in the embryo.
The Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) is a freshwater fish native to the warm waters of northeastern Mexico and the southern parts of the U.S. state of Texas. [1] [3] It reproduces through gynogenesis, and essentially all individuals are females.
Pregnant male seahorse. Male pregnancy is the incubation of one or more embryos or fetuses by organisms of the male sex in some species. Most species that reproduce by sexual reproduction are heterogamous—females producing larger gametes and males producing smaller gametes ().
Inbreeding in fish is the mating of closely related individuals, leading to an increase in homozygosity. Repeated inbreeding generally leads to morphological abnormalities and a reduction in fitness in the offspring. In the wild, fish have a number of ways to avoid inbreeding, both before and after copulation.
The spawn (eggs) of a clownfish.The black spots are the developing eyes. Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals.As a verb, to spawn refers to the process of freely releasing eggs and sperm into a body of water (fresh or marine); the physical act is known as spawning.
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Fingerling – refers to a fish that has reached the stage where the fins can be extended and protective scales have covered the body. [4] At this stage, the fish is typically about the size of a human finger, [5] hence the name. Once reaching this stage, the fish can be considered a juvenile, and is usually active enough to move around a large ...