| teeth clearly visible |
| eel-like |
compressed |
| teeth clearly visible |
| tube-like |
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| melanophores on head + trunk |
| melanophores on head + trunk |
| with row of melanophores |
| absent melanophores at fin base |
| normal (i.e. small or absent) melanophores at fin base |
| Diagnostic characters: leptocephalus larva; nephros at about myomere 79 (77-84); total myomeres at about 150 (146-154); dorsal fin origin at myomere 19-53 (usually 24); anus at 71%BL; heavy pigment on ethnovomer; dorsal and ventral pigment on gut.
Pigmentation: similar through all stages; medium on head and over heart; heavy on ethnovomer; dorsally and ventrally on gut; on bases of all median fins; preceeding dorsal fin; internal ventrally along spinal cord in posterior one-third of body.
Sequence of fin development: anal and caudal; dorsal; pectoral (gets resorbed later). |