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| Main Ref: | Watson, W. 1996 | |||
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Length at birth (mm) | 2.8 | 36496 | ||
| Preanal L. % TL |
| Place of development | planktonic | |||
| Larval area | California Current region | |||
| Yolk-sac | Ref: | |||
| Yolk | Oil globules | |||
| Rows on tail | no rows | |||
| Other melanophores on tail | no other melanophores | |||
| Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on trunk | |||
| Striking feature | none | |||
| Striking shape lateral | normal (not striking) | dorsal | ||
| Striking feature | none | |||
| Shape of gut | elongated | |||
| Gas bladder early | pigmented | late | pigmented | |
| Spinal armature early | no spines | late | no spines | |
| Pigmentation early | ||||
| Rows on tail | no rows | |||
| Other melanophores on tail | no other melanophores | |||
| Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on head + trunk | |||
| Pigmentation late | ||||
| Rows on tail | no rows | |||
| Other melanophores on tail | no other melanophores | |||
| Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on head + trunk | |||
| Urostyle region early | unpigmented | late | unpigmented | |
| Pectorals | normal without melanophores | |||
| Pelvics | joint at base or sucker disk | |||
| Myomeres 16-18 (usually 16-17) + 15-18 (usually 16-17) = 32-35 (usually 33-34); dorsal and anal fin rays 5-8; pectoral fin rays 17-19 (usually 18: full complement present in postflexion stage); eyes more or less round in larval stage; larvae with lateral pigment, usually in single row along lateral midline from about myomere 3-5 through 10-12, usually expanding to 2 or 3 rows to about postanal myomere 3-5; no pigment on dorsal or ventral margins. Pigmentation: Yolk-sac through postflexion: 7-22 laterally in 1-3 longitudinal rows between myomeres 3-5 and 19-20, usually about 11-16 to flexion stage, decreasing to 8-10, mainly along lateral midline, by postflexion stage; series (widely spaced) internally under hindbrain and over gas bladder and gut to end of hindgut, becoming more or less continuous pigment by about 3.5 mm; 1 (large) laterally under pectoral fin base in preflexion stage, disappears during flexion stage; dorsal and ventral margins unpigmented. Juvenile: no melanistic pigment. Sequence of fin development: caudal, pectorals, dorsal and anal, pelvics. | ||||
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Total number of vertebrae | 35 | 33 | 36496 |
| 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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