Submitted by insink2300 t3_11drr8s in askscience
Gravemonera t1_jaavr5t wrote
Many species of fish do this, in that the temperature will determine the sex of the eggs. Some fish species will also change sexes depending on environmental pressures. Unfortunately I don’t have sources on this for you at the moment.
redditor50613 t1_jab6af0 wrote
When researching how to sex my pseudomugil illuminatus fry, i came across this article, which talks about one person's experience with different temps. https://www.pvas.com/forum/breeder-s-award-program/spawning-report-pseudomugil-luminatus-red-neon-blue-eyes
rogert2 t1_jab8o2e wrote
Clownfish are one such fish. Another species is mentioned in the BBC Earth series, but I'm afraid I don't recall the name or even which episode.
paroya t1_jacm0kh wrote
certain swordtail population can do a female to male change later in their life.
medaka (oryzias latipes) have about a 100% male exclusive hatch rate at 34°, starting from 27° and going up from there.
on topic of swordtails, there is a related species (amazon molly) which is unique in that it is the only known stable all-female species, reason so far unknown afaik.
in case anyone wanted to google papers.
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