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This is especially important for pigmentation patterns. For specimens of unknown life history stage choose "All Stages". Click here to see complete definitions of life history stages.

All Stages: Search for taxa regardless of life stage
Egg/Embryo: spawning to hatching	Yolk-Sac Larvae: hatching to complete absorption of yolk sac	Preflexion Larvae: complete yolk-sac absorption to start of notochord flexion
Flexion Larvae: start of notochord flexion to completion of notochord flexion	Postflexion Larvae: completion of notochord flexion to start of metamorphosis	Juvenile: completion of fin-ray development and start of squamation to attainment of sexual maturity

last updated: June 2021