1. The species is a protogynous hermaphrodite and a pelagic spawner. 2. About 75 % of the 500 known sequentially hermaphroditic fish species are protogynous . 3. California sheephead are monandric protogynous hermaphrodites and are commercially and recreationally valuable labrids. 4. Like many wrasse species, sheephead are protogynous . 5. "Botryllus schlosseri ", a colonial tunicate, is a protogynous hermaphrodite. 6. Because of this, they are considered to be protogynous hermaphrodites which have planktonic larvae. 7. Grouper are protogynous hermaphrodites, who school in " harems " of three to fifteen females. 8. Black sea bass are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning they generally first mature as females and some later become male. 9. Many species are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning they start out as females and change sex to male later in life. 10. This fish is a protogynous hermaphrodite, undergoing a form of sequential hermaphroditism in which females change sex to male.
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