| FishBase |
| Main Ref: | Watson, W. and E.M. Sandknop 1996 | |||
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Length at birth (mm) | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| Preanal L. % TL |
| Place of development | planktonic | |||
| Larval area | California Current region | |||
| Yolk-sac | ovoid | Ref: | 35601 | |
| Yolk | segmented | Oil globules | one oil globuleposteriorventral | |
| Rows on tail | no rows | |||
| Other melanophores on tail | no other melanophores | |||
| Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on trunk | |||
| Striking feature | none | |||
| Striking shape lateral | short and/or deep | dorsal | ||
| Striking feature | none | |||
| Shape of gut | tube-like | |||
| Gas bladder early | late | |||
| Spinal armature early | late | |||
| 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 | dorsal row | |||
| Other melanophores on tail | no other melanophores | |||
| Melanophores on head + trunk | melanophores on head + trunk | |||
| Urostyle region early | unpigmented | late | unpigmented | |
| Peritoneum | with row of melanophores | |||
| Pectorals | normal without melanophores | |||
| Pelvics | normal (i.e. small or absent) without melanophores | |||
| 5-9 myomeres (usually 6-8) between dorsal fin insertion and anal fin origin; pair of dorsolateral melanophores on hindbrain and external melanophore(s) on dorsal margin of caudal peduncle early in postflexion stage. Pigmentation: Yolk-sac: initially two ropws along dorsum, migrating ventrad to gut and ventral margin by end of stage. Preflexion: on isthmus adjacent to cleithra; dorsolatral row along each side to near middle of gut, double row along ventral margin of gut posteriorly; dorsally on gut near anus; dorsal series spreading forward along hindgut after 4 mm. Postflexion: internal dorsolateral pair on hindbrain by 12 mm; over mid and hindbrain; below eye, and on opercle by 19 mm; in otic capsule by 12 mm; on lower part of cleithrum by 12 mm; on dorsal margin of caudl peduncle, on hypurals, and along caudal fin rays by 12 mm; internal series along lateral midline by 19 mm; on dorsal and anal fin bases by 19 mm. Sequence of fin development: dorsal, caudal, anal, pectorals and pelvics. | ||||
| max | min | mod | Ref. | |
| Total number of myomeres | 48 | 45 | 35601 |
| 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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