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Question: hermaphroditic breeding fish?

symbioid — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:07:54 -0800

I recently read about a fish where the male subsumes itself into the female and becomes merely a pair of testes that feed the ovaries or something. Does anyone know anything about this weird fish?

By: hattifattener

hattifattener — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:19:36 -0800

You might be thinking of anglerfish. The male attaches to the female and most of it atrophies away. I think Gould talks about it in one of his books.

By: you're a kitty!

you're a kitty! — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:21:53 -0800

Yup.

By: lostburner

lostburner — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:28:22 -0800

Pedantry: this is cool, but this isn't hermaphroditism.

By: Estragon

Estragon — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:58:21 -0800

If you like this kind of thing, you'll probably enjoy Genetics In The Wild.

By: Large Marge

Large Marge — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:57:07 -0800

Clownfish do this too.