Fish Reproduction and Life Flashcards
Indetermanent growth
continue growing for all apsects of their life
fecundity
of eggs
For fish, fecundicy increases with ______
body size
older fish = more / less eggs
more
Semelparity
spawn once
Interoparity
spawn multiple times
Oviparity
reproduction egg laying w fish
external or internal fertilization
External Fertilization
most common
sm but a lot of eggs
internal fertilization
uncommmon
large eggs
Ovoviviparity
live bearing internal fertilization
Large advanced young
Low dispersal, few offspring
Sneakers (fertilization)
Males come in and sneak in their sperm to eggs that other female is guarding
Viviparity
live bearing internal fertilization w direct maternal nourishment
Ovarian fluids, placenta
Hermaphroditeism
fish transitions sexes bc no one to mate with
gonochromism
seperate sexes