can a male fish lay eggs?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Normally, no. There are a few fish species that are hermaphrodites, meaning they have the organs of both males and females. Some have both at the same time, but there is usually something which prevents them from fertilizing their own eggs.

But some types of fish change gender according to the needs of their population. The species most people would be familiar with is the clownfish ("Nemo"). If the dominant female of a group dies, the dominant male changes gender and takes her place. So "he" could eventually lay eggs. But at the time the eggs are laid, "he" is now a "she". Once the male becomes a female, they can't change back. In other species of marine fish, they can begin life as females, then change to males.

There's also the situation of the seahorse. A female lays her eggs inside a pouch on the male where the eggs hatch, so the males appear to "give birth".

Answer 3

Interesting question. Male Fish can not lay eggs per say. Some fish lay there eggs inside the male for germination, and the male breeds them that way and watches It for the. As fare back as I believe no single male fish can ;lay eggs, they can only transport them after they have been layed by a female.

Answer 4

As i'm sure you've learnt from the other answers, no, a male fish CAN'T lay eggs.
About the only exception that I know of male fish giving birth, involves sea horses. And even then, they don't lay eggs. The female deposits her eggs in the males' pouch, where he mixes them with his sperm. Then a few weeks later, hey presto! he gives birth to many little sea horses.
Maybe you have a male fish that is very ill and suffering from a bacterial infection. If your male fish has a swollen tummy, then it is always a good idea to treat your tank with medication. Look for meds that are made to treat internal bacterial infections, as he most probably is suffering from that.

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Answer 5

the females release the eggs into the water and the male comes along and releases his sperm and that's how the eggs are fertilized...no, male fish can not lay eggs...however after the eggs are fertilized, male seahorses will carry the eggs and give birth to the babies...no other aquatic animal does this that I know of...

Answer 6

of course not, but some other male fish just take care of the eggs

Answer 7

there is not any way, extremely no in all probability way, your fish laid an egg or that in spite of the fact which you're finding at will hatch right into a betta. perhaps a snail egg? Poop? Uneaten pellet nutrition? malicious program egg? Pebble? yet one hundred% specific no longer a betta egg.

Answer 8

No...so you're saying men and women and animals and insects have the opposite privates?

Answer 9

No male animal of any kind can ovulate,therefore NO.

Answer 10

Nope, sure can't

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