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Larvae Information Summary for  Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi
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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) 3      
Preanal L. % TL        
Place of development planktonic
Larval area Bering Sea, 54-66° N
Yolk-sac       Ref:  
Yolk   Oil globules  
Rows on tail  
Post larvae
Striking feature none
Striking shape lateral normal (not striking) dorsal other
Striking feature none
Shape of gut  
Gas bladder   early   late  
Spinal armature   early   late  
Rows on tail ventral row
Melanophores on head + trunk melanophores on head
Pigmentation late
Rows on tail dorsal + ventral + lateral row
Other melanophores on tail one dorso-ventral cluster or band
Melanophores on head + trunk melanophores on head + trunk
Peritoneum covered with melanophores
Pectorals normal without melanophores
Pelvics normal (i.e. small or absent) without melanophores
Diagnostic characters: pigment pattern without bands; presence of hypaxial pigment; presence of pigment around urostyle. Pigment: series of ventral midline melanophores extending around urostyle; several spots above notochord, number increases with development; during flexion, pigment develops along hypaxial myomeres; initially, gut pigment restricted to dorsal and anteroventral surface; with development it extends posterodorsally and along ventral surface. Sequence of fin development: caudal, dorsal and anal, pelvics, pectorals.
Meristic characters
  max min mod Ref.
Total number of vertebrae 42 39   265
  L 1st feeding Ref. Months of presence of larvae
max     Jan Feb Mar Apr
min   May Jun Jul Aug
mod     Sep Oct Nov Dec
Water parameters     Metric characters
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