His lifecycle doesn’t function like that. He wanders by after the female lays eggs and fertilizes them.
His species have a unique courtship- he exposes his colorful frills when in the presence of a rival and there is a fight for the right to fertilize the eggs. That’s why it is important that Paul Finebaum and James Carville are never allowed in the same room. Like Betta fish, they will fight to the death.