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Larvae Information Summary for  Heteroconger canabus
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Main Ref: Charter, S.R. 1996
Yolk-sac larvae
  max min mod Ref.
Length at birth (mm)        
Preanal L. % TL        
Place of development planktonic
Larval area Ranges from San Jose del Cabo (Baja California Sur) to mainland Mexico, including the Gulf of California
Yolk-sac       Ref:  
Yolk   Oil globules  
Post larvae
Striking feature  
Striking shape lateral   dorsal  
Striking feature  
Shape of gut tube-like
Gas bladder   early   late  
Spinal armature   early   late  
Leptocephalus larva; nephros at about myomere 75 (72-79); small conical teeth; rounded tail; compared to H. digueti, lack of pigment onmaxillary, lateral midline pigment begins at myomere 16-22, relatively longer snout, relatively larger eye, ralatively larger head. Pigmentation: several over heart; series on lateral midline; on dorsal surface of gut; series ventrally along gut; pigments on caudal, anal and posterior dorsal fin bases. Sequence of fin development: caudal, dorsal, anal, and pectoral.
Meristic characters
  max min mod Ref.
Total number of myomeres 201 189 196 35590
  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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