can fish of different kind have eggs?

Question

for example,can a goldfish and let say a catfish.can they both mate and the female catfish lay eggs with da daddy goldish or does it have to be the same kind?

Answer 1

Nope, fish have to have at least the same first Latin name to interbreed (ie, Xiphophorus helleri, or swordtails, can interbreed with
Xiphophorus maculatus, or platies). Gold fish and cat fish aren't even close.

Answer 2

No they are different species of fish. The relations are not close enough to make hybrids. A few fish can cross species like for instance a sand bass and a striper make a fish we call in texas a hybrid bass, having characteristics of both and growing very large. Hybrids usually cannot produce offspring themselves.

Answer 3

it actual relies upon on how heavily appropriate the species are. Like somebody else stated, many African cichlids can hybridize with one yet another, in specific circumstances producing exciting new colour mixtures, in spite of the actuality that commonly they prove a sort of brown colour. besides the undeniable fact that, extra distantly appropriate fish, like as an occasion an African cichlid and a goldfish, frequently can't hybridize.

Answer 4

Has to be the same kind

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Answer 5

A big NO

Answer 6

Good question! :P!