| FishBase |
| 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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