Re: [RML] hermaphroditic

Mach Fukada (fukada at aloha.net)
Sun, 3 Sep 2000 09:36:29 -1000 (HST)

Hi Peter,
I was just going to suggest something similar. There are
ecological/behavioral advantages of males looking like females. Avoidance
of aggression of the dominant males, even spawning (sneak in looking like
a female and fetlilize eggs under the nose of the dominant male)...
MTF

On Sun, 3 Sep 2000 PETER.UNMACK at ASU.Edu wrote:

> On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Dennis Holmes wrote:
>
> > Adrian, do you know if the fish would look like a male or female or either?
>
> I don't put too much faith in Nick's article as without histological
> examination you really can't say. It is very common for subdominant males to
> look like females, then at some point "change" to look like males. We've had
> these discussions re desert gobies before, histologically though there is no
> evidence for this occurring.
>
> Tootles
> Peter
>