Fish Facts - Most-Fecund Species
From Microcosm Aquarium Explorer
Greasy Grouper, up to 340 million eggs per spawning. Alan Slater/GNU
10 Highest Egg Counts per Single Female
- Greasy grouper, Epinephelus tauvina: 340,000,000
- Black marlin, Makaira indica: 226,000,000
- Indo-Pacific blue marlin, Makaira mazara: 98,900,000
- Barramundi, Lates calcarifer: 47,700,000
- Bastard halibut, Paralichthys olivaceus: 36,300,000
- Red codling, Pseudophycis bachus: 30,000,000
- American eel, Anguilla rostrata: 19,920,000
- Japanese seaperch, Lateolabrax japonicus: 17,822,576
- Turbot, Psetta maxima: 15,000,000
- Alaska pollock, Theragra chalcogramma: 15,000,000
Source: Fishbase
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