Larvae Summary

Larvae Information Summary for Glossanodon leioglossus

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Main Ref:

Bertolini, F., U. D'Ancona, E. Padoa Montalenti, S. Ranzi, L. Sanzo, A. Sparta, E. Tortonese and M. Vialli 1956

Yolk-sac larvae

	max	min	mod	Ref.
Length at birth (mm)			5	69
Preanal L. % TL			75	65

Place of development	planktonic
Larval area	to be filled
Yolk-sac	ovoid	Ref:	69
Yolk	segmented	Oil globules	one oil globulecentralventral
Rows on tail
Other melanophores on tail
Melanophores on head + trunk	melanophores on head + trunk
Dorso-lateral row of melanophores. Black pigmentation on the posterior extremities of the premordial fin. Oil drop of a coral red color.

Post larvae

Striking feature	none
Striking shape lateral	eel-like	dorsal	normal (not striking)
Striking feature	none
Shape of gut	tube-like
Gas bladder early	invisible	late	invisible
Spinal armature early	no spines	late	no spines
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	two dorso-ventral clusters or bands
Melanophores on head + trunk	melanophores on head + trunk
Urostyle region early	pigmented	late	pigmented
Peritoneum	covered with melanophores
Pectorals	normal
Pelvics	normal (i.e. small or absent) with melanophores
seven abdominal marks at equal distances. One more mark runs obliquely from the tip of the snout back and down, on the lateral part of the head to reach the operculum after an interruption corresponding to the region of the eye.

Meristic characters

	max	min	mod	Ref.
Total number of myomeres			51
Preanal number of myomeres			35

	L 1st feeding	Ref.	Months of presence of larvae
max			Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
min			May	Jun	Jul	Aug
mod			Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Water parameters Metric characters

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