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Larvae Information Summary for
Cyema atrum
| Main Ref: | Charter, S.R. 1996 | |||
Yolk-sac larvae
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Length at birth (mm) | ||||
| Preanal L. % TL |
| Place of development | planktonic | |||
| Larval area | Ranges from northern California to Baja California Sur, Mexico | |||
| Yolk-sac | Ref: | |||
| Yolk | Oil globules | |||
Post larvae
| Striking feature | ||||
| Striking shape lateral | short and/or deep | dorsal | ||
| Striking feature | ||||
| Shape of gut | spherical or gut loop | |||
| Gas bladder early | late | |||
| Spinal armature early | late | |||
| Peritoneum | with row of melanophores | |||
| Leptocephalus larva; nephros at about myomere 37 (35-40); compared with Leptocephalus holti, greater body depth (23-58% BL), relatively larger eye (13-26%), and scattered melanophores laterally. Pigmentation: individual blotches on dorsum; scaterred laterally; one on each gut loop peak; irregular ventrally on gut. | ||||
Meristic characters
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Total number of myomeres | 83 | 75 | 80 | 35598 |
| 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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