Egg Characteristics of Coryphaena hippurus
 
Main Ref. Palko, B.J., G.L. Beardsley and W.J. Richards, 1982
Place of Development buoyant (pelagic)
Shape of Egg spherical
Attributes
Color of Eggs transparent
Color of Oil Globule yellow
Additional Characters In early stages of the eggs, neither the melanin pigment nor the segmentation of the yolk is obvious. However, in older stages, both the embryo and oil globule are mottled with melanophores and the yolk is segmented.
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