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Larvae Information Summary for  Pristigenys serrula
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Main Ref: Watson, W. 1996
Yolk-sac larvae
  max min mod Ref.
Length at birth (mm)        
Preanal L. % TL        
Place of development planktonic
Larval area California Current Region
Yolk-sac       Ref:  
Yolk   Oil globules  
Post larvae
Striking feature  
Striking shape lateral   dorsal  
Striking feature  
Shape of gut  
Gas bladder   early   late  
Spinal armature   early   late  
Myomeres usually 10-11+12-13=23; dorsal fin rays usually 11, anal fin rays usually 10 (present in postflexion stage); pigment light or absent ventrally on tail; usually little or no pigment on gular area. Pigmentation: Preflexion: Heavy over forebrain, midbrain, and anteriorly over hindbrain; under mid- and hindbrain; heavy on inner surface of gill cover, especially under preopercle; 0-2 on gular area (usually 0); internally at nape; heavy dorsally. Dorsolaterally, and anteriorly on gut, few along ventral margin of gut; 0-10 on ventral margin of tail, usually on last few myomeres and under notochord tip. Flexion-postflexion: Increasing on head, spreading along lower part of supraoccipital spine; increasing on gut, completely surrounding it by 4.5 mm; decreasing ventrally on tail, usually none by about 4 mm; forming on pelvic fin at about 3.9 mm and on first dorsal fin by about 4.5 mm. Transformation: Heavily pigmented except on end of caudal peduncle, pectoral fin, anal fin, second dorsal fin, and caudal fin. Sequence of fin development: principal caudal fin rays, dorsal fin and anal fin and pectoral fin, pelvic fin, procurrent caudal fin rays.
  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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