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Larvae Information Summary for  Pseudocaranx wrighti
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Main Ref: Neira, F.J., A.G. Miskiewicz and T. Trnski 1998
Yolk-sac larvae
  max min mod Ref.
Length at birth (mm) 1.9      
Preanal L. % TL 63 48    
Place of development planktonic
Larval area Cockburn Sound and lower Swan Estuary (WA), and upper Spencer Gulf (SA)
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  
Diagnostic characters: posterior preopercular spine at angle long from early postflexion stage to about 8 mm; supraoccipital crest low, weakly serrate and without a peak, absent from late postflexion stage; 1 supracleithral spine; low pterotic ridge from 8.3 mm; expanded melanophore laterally on gut below pectoral-fin base until early postflexion stage; 8 or more (rarely 5) expanded melanophores along dorsal midline of trunk and tail. Sequence of fin formation: caudal (3.0-6.1 mm); dorsal (3.8-8.1 mm); anal (3.8-8.1 mm); pelvic (5.3-8.3 mm); pectoral (5.4-8.3 mm). Larvae have been caught in Cockburn Sound and the lower Swan Estuary (WA) (Ref. 33820, 35267),and in the upper Spencer Gulf (SA) from September to March.
Meristic characters
  max min mod Ref.
Total number of myomeres 25 24   33616
Preanal number of myomeres 12 9   33616
  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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