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Main Ref: | Ambrose, D.A. 1996 |
max | min | mod | Ref. | |
Length at birth (mm) | 12 | 35760 | ||
Preanal L. % TL |
Place of development | planktonic | |||
Larval area | California Current region | |||
Yolk-sac | ovoid pigmented | Ref: | ||
Yolk | Oil globules | |||
Rows on tail | no rows | |||
Other melanophores on tail | no other melanophores | |||
Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on head + trunk | |||
Pigmentation: on eye, shoulder organ, subopercular photophore, gular photophore, intraventral organ, dorsally on yolk sac, and in mouth and gill chamber; increasing internally on peritoneum and gut. |
Striking feature | other | |||
Striking shape lateral | normal (not striking) | dorsal | ||
Striking feature | other | |||
Shape of gut | elongated | |||
Gas bladder early | late | |||
Spinal armature early | late | |||
Pigmentation early | ||||
Rows on tail | no rows | |||
Other melanophores on tail | one dorso-ventral cluster or band | |||
Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on head + trunk | |||
Pigmentation late | ||||
Rows on tail | no rows | |||
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 without melanophores | |||
Pelvics | normal (i.e. small or absent) without melanophores | |||
Photophore or melanophore in shape of photophore in gular region (GO2); photophore and silvery reflector on anterior dorsal margin of eye (OO) and on subopercle (SBO); intraventral photophore (IVO) present; opercle opening extending dorsally to about mid-eye; body coloration whitish blue. Pigmentation: Postflexion: on nostrils and lower jaw; dashed line along lateral midline between dorsal fin and anal fin, spreads laterally; internally between dorsal fin and anal fin, spreading anteriorly and later posteriorly. Transition-juvenile: patch on hypurals and anal fin base; body whitish blue. Sequence of fin development: caudal, dorsal and anal, pelvics, pectorals. |
max | min | mod | Ref. | |
Total number of vertebrae | 52 | 50 | 35760 |
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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