The image shows a small clownfish swimming among the soft, pale tentacles of a sea anemone. The fish is orange with a white stripe bordered by black around its middle. The anemone’s tentacles are translucent and cream-colored, creating a gentle, almost ethereal background. The clownfish appears to be facing the camera, centered and in sharp focus, while the anemone around it is slightly blurred, giving a sense of depth and tranquility. Photo Credit: Gregory Rothman They all hatch male. If in a situation where there is no female, the dominate fish will grow and become female. In rare circumstances a female can be dominated by another female and revert back to male.

A juvenile #percula clown. Clownfish sex is fluid. They are born males and, if dominate, can rise and become the larger female…& can, in rare circumstances, become female again.
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