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| Main Ref: | Moser, H.G. and E.H. Ahlstrom 1996 | |||
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Length at birth (mm) | 2.8 | |||
| Preanal L. % TL | 70 | 46 |
| Place of development | planktonic | |||
| Larval area | California Current region | |||
| Yolk-sac | Ref: | |||
| Yolk | Oil globules | |||
| Rows on tail | ||||
| Other melanophores on tail | ||||
| Striking feature | drop-shaped eyes | |||
| Striking shape lateral | normal (not striking) | dorsal | ||
| Striking feature | drop-shaped eyes | |||
| Shape of gut | elongated | |||
| Gas bladder early | 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 | |||
| Urostyle region early | unpigmented | late | unpigmented | |
| Pectorals | normal melanophores at fin base | |||
| Pelvics | fin rays only without melanophores | |||
| Initially moderately slender, becoming deep-bodied and highly compressed; head large with narrow elliptical eyes; conical choroid tissue extremely elongate, unpigmented; terminal gut section only slightly deflected; snout becomes bulbous; large finfolds; early pigment, except postorbital, lost; pigment on branchiostegal membrane and liver forms in postflexion stage; Br2 photophores form at about 5.0 mm; lack of pigment on tail distinguishes C. nigroocellatus from those of C. andreae. Pigmentation: Preflexion: at <4.0 mm, anterodorsal to pectoral fin base, on trunk near axilla, on upper and lower jaw tips, posterior margin of orbit, anteromedial to mid- and forebrain, and lateral to terminal gut; all but postorbital pigment lost by end of stage. Flexion: by about 6.0 mm, series outline Br rays, and patch on ventral surface of liver. Postflexion: on largest larvae, on posteroventral margin of orbit and posteriorly on upper and lower jaws. Sequence of fin formation: caudal and pectorals, dorsal and anal, pelvics. | ||||
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Total number of vertebrae | 40 | 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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