| FishBase |
| Main Ref: | Moser, H.G. 1996 | |||
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Length at birth (mm) | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| Preanal L. % TL |
| Place of development | planktonic | |||
| Larval area | California Current region | |||
| Yolk-sac | Ref: | |||
| Yolk | Oil globules | |||
| Rows on tail | ||||
| Other melanophores on tail | ||||
| Striking feature | duck-billed shape of head | |||
| Striking shape lateral | normal (not striking) | dorsal | ||
| Striking feature | duck-billed shape of head | |||
| Shape of gut | triangular | |||
| Gas bladder early | late | |||
| Spinal armature early | late | |||
| Pigmentation early | ||||
| Rows on tail | dorsal + ventral row | |||
| Other melanophores on tail | no other melanophores | |||
| Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on head + trunk | |||
| Pectorals | normal with marginal melanophores | |||
| Pelvics | normal (i.e. small or absent) without melanophores | |||
| Heavy pigmentation on midbrain and nape and pigment on tips of jaws; composition and arrangement of pigment series on dorsal and ventral margins of tail (progressive enlargement of dorsal series); caudal melanophore. Pigmentation: Preflexion: initially, 0-4 (usually 1-2) on midbrain, 0-3 on nape, dorsolaterally on gut, 14-20 in series on ventral margin of tail (from postanal myomere 3-4 to 18-20), 0-2 on dorsal margin of tail, and 1 below notochord in caudal region; by 5.8 mm, midbrain and nape covered, on tips of upper and lower jaws, at otic region, ventrally and laterally on gut, on inner surface of pectoral fin base, on pectoral fin blade (heaviest at distal margin with clear zone dorsally in middle of blade), 7-16 on dorsal margin extending anteriad to about postanal myomere 7-8. | ||||
| 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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