Reproduction of Calotomus zonarchus
Document source: http://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=4359&GenusName=Calotomus&SpeciesName=zonarchus&fc=364&StockCode=4554
 
Main Ref. Bruce, R.W. and J.E. Randall, 1985
Mode protogyny
Fertilization external
Mating type
Spawning frequency
Spawning aggregation Ref.  
Batch spawner Ref.  
Reproductive guild nonguarders
open water/substratum egg scatterers
Parental Care none
Description of life cycle and mating behavior Pair spawnings involved an initial- and a terminal-phase fish; group spawnings involve several of both. Investigations strongly suggest that the species is gonochoristic.
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