Myomeres 10+14-15; relatively few, small spines on head and pectoral girdle; relatively slender body; 3 prominent dorsal pigment patches in preflexion stage; melanophores form early on upper jaw; lateral pigment absent on trunk and tail until end of postflexion stage.
Pigmentation:
Preflexion: Posterior dorsal patch absent after 4.6 mm; dorsally on head by 4.6 mm; on angular by 4.1 mm; on isthmus by 4.6 mm; ventral tail pigment reduced to prominent blotch at midtail and few posteriorly.
Flexion-postflexion: On upper jaw and gular region after 5 mm; on snout and opercle by 10 mm; increasing dorsally on head; dorsal trunk patches absent by about 7 mm; series of saddles forms along dorsal fin base near end of stage; on pectoral fin, pelvic fin, first dorsal fin, anal fin, and proximally on caudal fin.
Transformation: Barred.
Sequence of fin development: principal caudal fin rays, pelvic fin, first dorsal fin and pectoral fin, second dorsal fin and anal fin, procurrent caudal fin rays. |