| FishBase |
| Main Ref: | Moser, H.G. and E.H. Ahlstrom 1996 | |||
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Length at birth (mm) | ||||
| Preanal L. % TL |
| Place of development | planktonic | |||
| Larval area | Northeastern Pacific (California Current region); Northwestern Pacific (Japan) | |||
| 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 | |||
| Pigmentation: series of 12-14 laterally on gut; about 7 in postanal ventral midline series. | ||||
| Striking feature | stalked eyes | |||
| Striking shape lateral | eel-like | dorsal | ||
| Striking feature | stalked eyes | |||
| Shape of gut | tube-like | |||
| Gas bladder early | late | |||
| Spinal armature early | no spines | late | no spines | |
| 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 | no other melanophores | |||
| Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on head + trunk | |||
| Urostyle region early | pigmented | late | unpigmented | |
| Peritoneum | with row of melanophores | |||
| Pectorals | normal melanophores at fin base | |||
| Pelvics | normal (i.e. small or absent) without melanophores | |||
| Extremely long eye stalks, average 53% HL in preflexion and flexion stages, decreasing in postflexion stage; heavy pigment series on gut and myomeres. Pigmentation: Preflexion: lateral gut series becomes subdivided (series of 4-5 on terminal section, 8-12 on hindgut, up to about 12 on foregut); patch on opercle; series of 3 lateral to liver; series of 3 embedded at isthmus; on lower jaw; subocular, from jaw to opercle; series on hypaxial myomeres from pectoral fin to caudal fin; below tip of notochord. Flexion-postflexion: hind- and foregut series increase to 12-15; series on hypaxial myomeres along entire body in late postflexion stage; on snout; on anterior surface of pectoral fin base. Transformation: several per myomere in epaxial and hypaxial series. Sequence of fin development: caudal, anal, pectorals, dorsal and pelvics. | ||||
| L 1st feeding | Ref. | Months of presence of larvae | ||||
| max | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | ||
| min | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | ||
| mod | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
| Water parameters Metric characters |
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