| none |
| normal (not striking) |
|
| none |
| tube-like |
| |
|
| no spines |
no spines |
| no rows |
| no other melanophores |
| melanophores on head + trunk |
| no rows |
| one dorso-ventral cluster or band |
| melanophores on head + trunk |
| unpigmented |
unpigmented |
| with row of melanophores |
| normal melanophores at fin base |
| normal (i.e. small or absent) melanophores at fin base |
| Dorsally directed tubular eyes; elongate gut; early forming pectoral and pelvic with pedunculate bases; pigment on vomer and gill arches; larvoid juveniles and adults enclosed in gelatinous sheath; stomach forms early on left side; dorsal longitudinal septum open.
Pigmentation:
Flexion: on gill arches and filaments, mostly at angle; series between gut and trunk from pectoral fin base to terminal section of gut; on pelvic fin base.
Postflexion: on upper and lower jaws; lateral series on isthmus; lateral series extending posterior from angle of lower jaw; below and lateral to brain; elongate patch on vomer; on gill arches; series of blotches extending ventrad from above gut; on both surfaces of pelvic fin bases; on dorsal fin base; median patch at base of caudal fin.
Sequence of fin development: caudal and pectorals and pelvics, dorsal and anal. |