During spawning, adult females release up to 20 million eggs into the water and males, hundreds of millions of sperm. The eggs hatch into microscopic, free-swimming larvae that look for a place to settle in estuarine and coastal waters.
During spawning, adult females release up to 20 million eggs into the water and males, hundreds of millions of sperm. The eggs hatch into microscopic, free-swimming larvae that look for a place to settle in estuarine and coastal waters.