# Is there a fish that dies after giving birth?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 3, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fish-that-dies-after-giving-birth/71110 "2001-07-03T18:19:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![GodImStupid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@GodImStupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GodImStupid)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fish-that-dies-after-giving-birth/71110/1 "2001-07-03T18:19:45Z")

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I was just wondering if there was a fish that could only reproduce once, and then die after that.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fish-that-dies-after-giving-birth/71110/2 "2001-07-03T18:28:51Z")

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This thread is a duplicate. Go [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=76672) instead.

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