112 MADRAS FISHERIES BULLETIN [VOL. XV, No. 4 (1922) 



yolk to about two-thirds its length, the tip of the tail being slightly 

 twisted towards the left ; all the scattered oil globules had 

 congregated into a median streak in front of the head. Already 

 the massive head with the two optic vesicles, the heart, and the 

 myotomes of the body and tail were formed. 



It is unfortunate that, for want of proper hatching apparatus, 

 the further development could not be traced. 



