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| Main Ref: | Moser, H.G. and E.H. Ahlstrom 1996 | |||
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Length at birth (mm) | 2 | 31442 | ||
| Preanal L. % TL | 64 | 53 |
| Place of development | planktonic | |||
| Larval area | Callifornia Current region; Agulhas Current Region | |||
| Yolk-sac | Ref: | |||
| Yolk | Oil globules | |||
| Rows on tail | ||||
| Other melanophores on tail | ||||
| Striking feature | light organs | |||
| Striking shape lateral | normal (not striking) | dorsal | ||
| Striking feature | light organs | |||
| Shape of gut | elongated | |||
| Gas bladder early | late | |||
| Spinal armature early | no spines | late | no spines | |
| Pigmentation early | ||||
| Rows on tail | lateral row | |||
| Other melanophores on tail | no other melanophores | |||
| Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on head + trunk | |||
| Pigmentation late | ||||
| Rows on tail | ventral row | |||
| Other melanophores on tail | one dorso-ventral cluster or band | |||
| Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on head + trunk | |||
| Urostyle region early | unpigmented | late | unpigmented | |
| Peritoneum | with row of melanophores | |||
| Pectorals | normal melanophores at fin base | |||
| Pelvics | fin rays only without melanophores | |||
| Moderately slender; gut moderate in length, slightly sigmoid; eye slightly elliptical with lunate ventral choroid tissue; lateral midline and ventral finfold pigmentation; photophores form at transformation; caudal luminous glands form in late larvae. Pigmentation: Preflexion: at 3.0-4.5 mm, up to 11 dashes on lateral midline, 1 embedded at pectoral fin base, about 7 embedded ventral median postanal dashes, on margin of ventral finfold, and pair on terminal gut section and laterally on midgut; at 4.5-5.5 mm, 1 in midline at cleithral symphysis, 1 at lower symphysis, midlateral series reduced to 2-6, and postanal series reduced to 2-4. Flexion: pair at midlateral gut; delicate series along bases of anal fin rays; one at anal fin insertion and 1 or 2 on ventral margin of caudal peduncle. Postflexion: vertical series at base of caudal fin rays; by 10 mm, 1 or 2 above caudal peduncle and at adipose fin base. Sequence of fin development: caudal, anal, dorsal, pectorals, pelvics. | ||||
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Total number of vertebrae | 35 | 33 | 31442 |
| L 1st feeding | Ref. | Months of presence of larvae | ||||
| max | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | ||
| min | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | ||
| mod | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
| Similar species 1 | 2739Triphoturusmexicanus |
| Remarks | |
| Similar to T. nigrescens but lacks lateral midline pigment. | |
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