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| Main Ref: | Reader, S.E. and F.J. Neira 1998 | |||
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Length at birth (mm) | 1.4 | |||
| Preanal L. % TL | 69 | 36 |
| Place of development | planktonic | |||
| Larval area | Swan Estuary and Cockburn Sound (WA); coastal waters off Sydney (NSW); Northwestern Pacific (Japan) | |||
| Yolk-sac | Ref: | |||
| Yolk | Oil globules | |||
| Rows on tail | ventral row | |||
| Other melanophores on tail | one dorso-ventral cluster or band | |||
| Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on head + trunk | |||
| Striking feature | other | |||
| Striking shape lateral | short and/or deep | dorsal | other | |
| Striking feature | other | |||
| Shape of gut | spherical or gut loop | |||
| Gas bladder early | late | |||
| Spinal armature early | late | |||
| Pigmentation early | ||||
| Rows on tail | ventral row | |||
| Other melanophores on tail | one dorso-ventral cluster or band | |||
| Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on head + trunk | |||
| Pigmentation late | ||||
| Rows on tail | dorsal + ventral + lateral row | |||
| Other melanophores on tail | tail completely covered with melanophores | |||
| Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on head + trunk | |||
| Urostyle region early | pigmented | late | pigmented | |
| Peritoneum | covered with melanophores | |||
| Pectorals | strikingly large with few scattered melanophores | |||
| Pelvics | fin rays only | |||
| Body width between pectoral fin-bases 25-40%; 12 tail rings. Sequence of fin development: pectoral (1.4-3.8 mm); dorsal (2.8-3.8 mm); anal (2.8-3.8 mm); pelvic (2.8-> 6.7 mm); caudal 3.4-4.2 mm). Body elongate to moderate, initially round in cross-section, much wider than deep by postflexion stage. Head moderate to large, initially round, dorsoventrally flattened by flexion stage. Mouth small, terminal in preflexion larvae, subterminal in postflexion larvae. Gill opening small and located at dorsal margin of pectoral fin base in preflexion larvae and flexion larvae, extending along entire pectoral fin base in postflexion larvae. Gut moderate to long, coiled. Pectoral fin large and fan-shaped in postflexion larvae. One pelvic fin ray during flexion stage, elongate and segmented; second ray from 6.7 mm, shorter than first and unsegmented. Dermal bony plates present by 2 mm, with a single, median dorsal ridge and pointed ridges above and below eye; sharp bony ridges over head, trunk and tail during flexion stage, fully ossified by early postflexion stage. | ||||
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Total number of myomeres | 20 | 19 | 33989 | |
| Preanal number of myomeres | 8 | 7 | 33989 |
| 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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