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Spawn (biology) facts for kids

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Frog spawn.

Spawn is the eggs of some animals. Laying those eggs is called spawning. Animals that live in water, such as fish and amphibians, reproduce by spawning. When the spawn hatches, the young fish are called fry and the young amphibians are called tadpoles.

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  • Anemone Fish Eggs

    The spawn (eggs) of a clownfish. The black spots are the developing eyes.

  • Oncorhynchus nerka 2

    Pacific salmon are semelparous or "big bang" spawners, which means they die shortly after spawning

  • Mullet roe by comicpie in Taiwan

    The pickled and dehydrated roe of mullet

  • Hecht

    Pike usually spawn on vegetation flooded by high water. Their eggs adhere to the stems of plants.

  • RhodeusSericeusBitterlingMaleSpawingColors

    Bitterlings transfer responsibility for the care of their young to mussels. This male bitterling is exhibiting spawning colours

  • Chrysiptera hemicyanea 3

    Damselfish are substrate spawners. This one keeps her spawn in a gastropod shell

  • PSM V44 D615 The stickleback and its nest

    The stickleback glues plant material to make its nest

  • Hippocampus

    Male seahorses are pouch brooders

  • Pregnant guppy

    Guppies are livebearers. This one has been pregnant for about 26 days.

  • Goldfishfry

    Within two or three days, the vulnerable goldfish eggs hatch into larvae, and rapidly develop into fry

  • Crassostrea gigas p1040847

    Pacific oyster

  • Squidu

    A juvenile squid

  • RanaTemporariaAmplex

    Common frogs sorting out their spawn

  • Frogspawn closeup

    Frog spawn up close

  • Baby Chelonia mydas 20060319

    Green turtle hatchling

  • Harvestingoystermushroomcultivatedinbaggedsawdustmixture

    Harvesting oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus cultivated using spawns embedded in sawdust mixture placed in plastic containers

  • Spawn hatched fish 1

    Baby paradise fish just hatched, gathered under the surface of a bubble nest

  • Anemone Fish protecting its spawn

    Anemone fish nest in an anemone. Here a male is protecting spawn produced by his partner.

  • Building-mah-bubblenest-19

    Siamese fighting fish build bubble nests of varying sizes.

  • Betta spawning

    A pair of Siamese fighting fish spawning under their bubble nest.

  • Betta fry in bubble nest

    One-day-old Siamese fighting fish larvae in a bubble nest - their yolk sacs have not yet been absorbed

  • Betta fry

    A 15-day-old free-swimming fry of a Siamese fighting fish

  • Laichender Schlangenstern 72

    Spawning brittle star

  • Nematoscelis difficilis female

    Head of female krill with her brood sac

  • SockeyeSpawn inAdams

    Spawning sockeye salmon

  • Lagoons, Preston Park - geograph.org.uk - 281594

    These lagoons, connected to the River Tees, provide a quiet backwater for fish to spawn and to take refuge in times of high water levels

  • Hornby Castle and the River Wenning - geograph.org.uk - 632943

    In the middle of this weir is a fish ladder, which allows trout and salmon to pass the weir to go upriver to spawn.

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