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Main Ref: | Ambrose, D.A. 1996 |
max | min | mod | Ref. | |
Length at birth (mm) | 3.8 | |||
Preanal L. % TL |
Place of development | planktonic | |||
Larval area | California Current region | |||
Yolk-sac | Ref: | |||
Yolk | Oil globules | |||
Rows on tail | ||||
Other melanophores on tail |
Striking feature | none | |||
Striking shape lateral | normal (not striking) | dorsal | ||
Striking feature | none | |||
Shape of gut | elongated | |||
Gas bladder early | late | |||
Spinal armature early | no spines | late | no spines | |
Pigmentation early | ||||
Rows on tail | no rows | |||
Other melanophores on tail | no other melanophores | |||
Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on trunk | |||
Pigmentation late | ||||
Rows on tail | no rows | |||
Other melanophores on tail | tail with single melanophore | |||
Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on trunk | |||
Urostyle region early | unpigmented | late | unpigmented | |
Peritoneum | with row of melanophores | |||
Pectorals | normal without melanophores | |||
Pelvics | normal (i.e. small or absent) without melanophores | |||
Single large saddled-shaped patch on peritoneum and patch laterally on tail in anal fin region. Pigmentation: Preflexion-flexion: patch dorsolaterally on peritoneum; lateral patch on tail in anal fin region. Postflexion: patches enlarging; occasionally melanophore present ventrally on hypural region. Sequence of fin development: caudal, anal, dorsal, pectorals, pelvics. |
max | min | mod | Ref. | |
Total number of vertebrae | 48 | 47 | 35928 |
L 1st feeding | Ref. | Months of presence of larvae | ||||
max | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | ||
min | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | ||
mod | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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