EGG INFORMATION
Egg Diameter (min-max in mm): Number of Oil Globules (min-max): Oil Globule Diameter (min-max in mm): Yolk: Chorion: Egg/Embryo Pigment: Pigment Diagnostics: Diagnostic Characters:
LARVAE INFORMATION
Hatch Size (min-max in mm SL): Preanal Length (%SL): Flexion Length (in mm SL): Length at Transformation (in mm SL): Fin Development Sequence: Larval Pigment Regions: In each developmental larval stage, pigment is present in the regions listed below
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pigment regions)
Yolk-sac:
Preflexion: crown, nape, dorsal gut, lateral gut, dorsal, ventral, mediolateral,
Flexion: crown, nape, cheek, dorsal gut, lateral gut, dorsal, ventral, mediolateral,
Postflexion: mouth, crown, nape, cheek, dorsal gut, lateral gut, ventral gut, dorsal, ventral, mediolateral,
Juvenile: mouth, crown, nape, cheek, dorsal gut, lateral gut, ventral gut, dorsal finfold, anal finfold, pectoral fin, dorsal, ventral, mediolateral,
Pigment Diagnostics: Little or no lateral and caudal pigment. Distinguished from Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus postflexion larvae by: less dorso- and ventrolateral pigment
Diagnostic Characters: Distinguished from other heavily pigmented larvae except other Hemilepidotus spp. by: 37-39 total vertebrae, spots widely distributed on head, gut, and body, head spines develop during flexion. Distinguished from H. hemilepidotus postflexion larvae by: less dorso- and ventrolateral pigment, delayed development of postocular and parietal spines
