When spawning is coming, then the abdomen of female clownfish is swollen of eggs.
She swims and deposit the eggs in lines, on a flat rock or a coral, and the male follows her and fertilizes them.
Each clutch can be formed by 400- 500 eggs.
Eggs Day 1-3
The eggs begin life as a light orange colour. Then they turn into dark brown at about day 3.
Eggs Day 4
Eggs have a dark pigment : it is the eye.
Eggs Day 5-6
Around day 5, eggs get a slivery colour.
As the female ages, her clutches will increase.
A
pair is laying eggs along the base of the host anemone, on a flat and
protected surface, so that they can be well defended by predators.
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