astronaut said:clownfish start off as males, but the largest, dominant male of a group or pair will become female. i dont know if a solitary clown would revert to being a male after being the female of a group, or if it would change sex because it is obviously dominant if it is the only clown there. i dont know know though, but i hope my information helps
Atticus said:Actually all clowns start off as juveniles or nonsexed. The most dominant of that group will become the female and the second most dominant will become male. The juveniles wait to take the place either when they die, but more often than not if the female dies the male will move up to female and a juvenile will become male. It is a one way road juvenile to male to female or juvenile to female. No turning back....
Oh and as Kayl stated a solitary clown will take the highest role (female).