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Larvae Information Summary for
Sebastes zacentrus
| Main Ref: | Matarese, A.C., A.W. Kendall, D.M. Blood and M.V. Vinter 1989 | |||
Yolk-sac larvae
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Length at birth (mm) | ||||
| Preanal L. % TL |
| Place of development | planktonic | |||
| Larval area | South of southern California to Gulf of Alaska, 54-60°N | |||
| 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: moderately pigmented pectorals and pelvics; lack of body pigment; long, deeply serrate parietal spine and posterior preoprcular spine; little ventral postanal midline pigment; development of dorsal midline pigment (>10 mm SL); large head (>40% SL), deep body (>30% SL) Pigment: extrusion larvae: posterior gut, along ventral midline, and on head; larvae >7.4 mm SL: a few melanophores along ventral midline, head, and dorsal gut; postflexion larvae >12.7 mm SL: along dorsal midline and fin base, on caudal peduncle. Sequence of fin development: caudal and pectorals, pelvics, dorsal and anal. | ||||
| 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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