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 eyes; shoulder organ; at site of posterior gular organ; posterior margin of opercle; dorsally on yolk sac; specks dorsally and ventrally on body margins. |
Striking feature | other | |||
Striking shape lateral | normal (not striking) | dorsal | ||
Striking feature | other | |||
Shape of gut | ||||
Gas bladder early | late | |||
Spinal armature early | late | |||
Pigmentation early | ||||
Rows on tail | no rows | |||
Other melanophores on tail | tail partly covered with melanophores | |||
Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on head + trunk | |||
Pigmentation late | ||||
Rows on tail | no rows | |||
Other melanophores on tail | tail partly covered with melanophores | |||
Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on head + trunk | |||
Urostyle region early | unpigmented | late | unpigmented | |
Pectorals | normal melanophores at fin base | |||
Pelvics | normal (i.e. small or absent) melanophores at fin base | |||
Photophore or round melanophore in gular region; orbital organ (anteriodorsal eye photophore) and subopercular organ (photophore) absent; intraventral organ (photophore between pelvic fin bases) present near end of yolk-sac stage; opercular opening extending dorsally to top of eye. Pigmentation: Postflexion: heaviest along lateral midline of body and at base of dorsal and anal fins but lightly scattered over entire body; proximally on caudal fin. Sequence of fin development: caudal, dorsal and anal, pelvics, pectorals. |
max | min | mod | Ref. | |
Total number of vertebrae | 50 | 46 | 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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