| other |
| other |
other |
| other |
| elongated |
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| |
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| dorsal + ventral + lateral row |
| tail completely covered with melanophores |
| melanophores on head + trunk |
| dorsal + ventral + lateral row |
| tail completely covered with melanophores |
| melanophores on head + trunk |
| pigmented |
pigmented |
| covered with melanophores |
| strikingly large with rows of melanophores |
| with elongated fin rays with melanophores |
| Diagnostic characters: body width between pectoral-fin bases > 50%; 8 tail rings by 4.2 mm; pectoral fin with concentric bands of pigment.
Sequence of fin development: pectoral (<3.7 mm); dorsal (<3.7 mm); anal (< 3.7 mm); caudal (< 3.7-4.8 mm); pelvic (3.7- > 8.8 mm).
Body moderate to deep. Body wider than deep. Head moderate to large. Mouth small, subterminaly by late flexion stage. Gill opening extends along pectoral fin base. Gut long to very long. Pectoral fin large and fan-shaped in postflexion larvae. One pelvic fin ray forms early and becomes very elongate. Head and trunk encased in a bony armour in smallest larva. Three tail rings by early postflexion stage. |
