none |
normal (not striking) |
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none |
tube-like |
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no spines |
no spines |
no rows |
no other melanophores |
melanophores on head + trunk |
no rows |
one dorso-ventral cluster or band |
melanophores on head + trunk |
unpigmented |
unpigmented |
with row of melanophores |
normal melanophores at fin base |
normal (i.e. small or absent) melanophores at fin base |
Dorsally directed tubular eyes; elongate gut; early forming pectoral and pelvic with pedunculate bases; pigment on vomer and gill arches; larvoid juveniles and adults enclosed in gelatinous sheath; stomach forms early on left side; dorsal longitudinal septum open.
Pigmentation:
Flexion: on gill arches and filaments, mostly at angle; series between gut and trunk from pectoral fin base to terminal section of gut; on pelvic fin base.
Postflexion: on upper and lower jaws; lateral series on isthmus; lateral series extending posterior from angle of lower jaw; below and lateral to brain; elongate patch on vomer; on gill arches; series of blotches extending ventrad from above gut; on both surfaces of pelvic fin bases; on dorsal fin base; median patch at base of caudal fin.
Sequence of fin development: caudal and pectorals and pelvics, dorsal and anal. |