| lower jaw strongly projecting |
| normal (not striking) |
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| lower jaw strongly projecting |
| elongated |
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| no spines |
no spines |
| lateral row |
| no other melanophores |
| melanophores on head + trunk |
| ventral row |
| tail partly covered with melanophores |
| melanophores on head + trunk |
| normal without melanophores |
| normal (i.e. small or absent) without melanophores |
| Myomeres 29-33 + 16-18 = 46-50 (usually 32+17); first dorsal fin ray above anal fin ray 1-3 (usually anal fin ray 2 or 3); pigment on trunk and tail largely limited to dorsal and ventral margins and along lateral midline; no dorsal or anal fin pigment before end of larval stage. Notochord flexion occurs before hatching.
Pigmentation:
Larvae: dorsally on head; on beak and dentary; on gill cover; 2 rows of large melanophores along dorsal margin, 2 rows of small melanophores between these rows by 18 mm; nearly continuous around hypural margin by 19 mm; series along lateral midline; dorso- and ventrolateral series near midlateral region on tail by 18 mm; heavy dorsally on gut, spreading ventrad; on ventral margin of gut, anteriorly initially, then spreading caudad; 2 rows on ventral margin of tail; proximally on caudal fin rays.
Juvenile: heavier on dorsum; broader lateral stripe on tail; on proximal half of most of dorsal fin. |