The species is a protogynous hermaphrodite and a pelagic spawner. This relatively small cichlid is a substrate spawner (cave spawner). There is a userspace spawner process used to load executables. As typical of "Coptodon", the redbelly tilapia is a substrate spawner and brooder. "Ciona intestinalis" is a hermaphroditic broadcast spawner but cannot self-fertilize. Presumably a seasonal, migratory spawner in nature. The tangerine is a late spring to summer spawner. "G. equulus" is a multiple spawner. "Calliostoma ligatum" is a broadcast spawner. "Micromussa lordhowensis" is a hermaphrodite and a broadcast spawner.