outlier male

outlier male
a male Oncorhynchus gorbuscha which is smaller than the dominant male, is coloured like a female, and maintains a position to one side of a spawning pair; in this fashion it is able to deposit sperm since the dominant male does not chase it away

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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