\[ **up: [[Zoology]] | [[Fish]]** ] --- # Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (*Labroides dimidiatus*) > [[‘These wrasse are sequential hermaphrodites that begin sexual maturity as females and, in the absence of a resident male, the largest female transitions to become a male.’]][^1] > [[‘These wrasse are sequential hermaphrodites that begin sexual maturity as females and, in the absence of a resident male, the largest female transitions to become a male.’|‘However, these females begin spawning with other females and assuming ‘male’ courtship roles and behaviour well before the reproductive transition is complete, beginning ~1 h after male removal.’]][^2] [^1]: Julia D. Monk, et al., ‘[[Monk et al, ‘An Alternative Hypothesis for the Evolution of Same-Sex Sexual Behaviour in Animals’, 2019|An Alternative Hypothesis for the Evolution of Same-Sex Sexual Behaviour in Animals]]’, *Nature Ecology & Evolution*, vol. 3, no. 2 (December 2019), p. 1625. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1019-7. [^2]: Monk et al., ‘An Alternative Hypothesis for the Evolution of Same-Sex Sexual Behaviour in Animals’, p. 1625.