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| Main Ref: | Moser, H.G. and E.H. Ahlstrom 1996 | |||
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Length at birth (mm) | 2.5 | |||
| Preanal L. % TL | 60 | 40 |
| Place of development | planktonic | |||
| Larval area | California Current region | |||
| Yolk-sac | Ref: | |||
| Yolk | Oil globules | |||
| Rows on tail | ||||
| Other melanophores on tail | ||||
| Striking feature | light organs | |||
| Striking shape lateral | normal (not striking) | dorsal | ||
| Striking feature | light organs | |||
| Shape of gut | spherical or gut loop | |||
| Gas bladder early | pigmented | late | ||
| Spinal armature early | no spines | late | no spines | |
| Pigmentation early | ||||
| Rows on tail | no rows | |||
| Other melanophores on tail | no other melanophores | |||
| 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 | pigmented | |
| Pectorals | normal melanophores at fin base | |||
| Pelvics | fin rays only without melanophores | |||
| Large, deep head with large jaws, armed with strong, curved teeth; largest teeth at jaw tips; large round eyes; body tapered and compressed initially, becoming somewhat robust in postflexion stage; gut short and sharply sigmoid initially; pigment sparse but diagnostic; Br2 photophores form at about 7.0 mm. Pigmentation: Preflexion: 1 on dorsal surface of terminal gut section in smallest larvae; by 3.5 mm, 1 above developing gas bladder and 1 at tip of lower jaw; by 4.5 mm, most specimens have 1 in middle above cerebellum, 1 anterior to adipose region, and 1 at upper jaw tip. Flexion-postflexion: as above; most larvae >8.0 mm have 1 embedded at cleithrum near upper edge of pectoral fin base; anterior trunk myosepta outlined by about 16.0 mm. Sequence of fin development: caudal, dorsal and anal and pelvics, pectorals. | ||||
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Total number of vertebrae | 37 | 35 | 31442 |
| L 1st feeding | Ref. | Months of presence of larvae | ||||
| max | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | ||
| min | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | ||
| mod | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
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