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Main Ref: | Wellner, K. 2014 |
max | min | mod | Ref. | |
Length at birth (mm) | ||||
Preanal L. % TL |
Place of development | ||||
Larval area | to be filled | |||
Yolk-sac | Ref: | |||
Yolk | Oil globules | |||
Day 1-6: Embryological development with pronephric tubules clearly seen on each side of the embryo and progressively differentiated into pronephros and mesonephros; Day 7: Embryo slipped out of the surrounding egg membrane as a yolk-sac larvae with an identifiable air bladder; Day 8: Pronephros is heavily innervated with veins and capillaries, along with pseudolymphoid tissue; Day 9-11: Pronephros reduce in size; other developing structures like the air bladder and cervical vertebrae crowd out the pronephros. |
Striking feature | ||||
Striking shape lateral | dorsal | |||
Striking feature | ||||
Shape of gut | ||||
Gas bladder early | late | |||
Spinal armature early | late | |||
The pioneering work of R.L. Carson (1932) sought to prove that the pronephros and the head kidney are the same structure, and that a functional pronephros appears to dissolve away at a later stage (Ref. 119520). |
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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