How does a clownfish typically become female?

When is a male a female? When it’s a Clownfish!

When the female dies, the dominant male changes sex and becomes the female, a change which is irreversible. This life history strategy is known as sequential hermaphroditism. Because clownfish are all born as males, they are protandrous hermaphrodites. This phenomenon is also found in other species of fish in the Red Sea.