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MANY FISH SPECIES ARE PROTOGYNOUS MEANING THEY START LIFE AS FEMALES AND SWITCH TO BEING MALES...

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MANY FISH SPECIES ARE PROTOGYNOUS MEANING THEY START LIFE ASFEMALES AND SWITCH TO BEING MALES LATER IN LIFE. THERE ARE MANYCOLORFUL SPECIES OF PARROT FISHES AND WRASSES WITH THIS LIFEHISTORY PATTERN. WHEN PROTOGYNOUS FISH CHANGE SEXES, WHAT DO WECALL THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR? ALSO, EXPLAIN HOW PROTOGENY MAY HAVEEVOLVED THROUGH NATURAL SELECTION FROM AN ANCESTOR WHERE THE FISHREMAIN ONE SEX THEIR ENTIRE LIVES.

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Ans when progynous fishes changes their sex the behaviour is known as sequential hermaphroditism Sequential hermaphroditism has two forms protoandry change of sex from a male to female and protogyny change of sex from a female to male Among the several    See Answer
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