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to cranial morphology was not specified in these 

 studies. 



Formation of accessory primordia has also been noted 

 in several non-pleuronectiform taxa (Brothers, 1984). 

 Gartner (1991) described a clear to opaque transition 

 with accompanying formation of AP in otoliths of 

 myctophid species and suggested these features were 



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(A) Relationship between standard length and right otolith 

 length in Stages 3-5 Dover sole, Microstomus pacificus. For- 

 mula and parameter estimates are included in Table 5. n = 

 351; r- = 0.955. Points representing standard length and right 

 otolith diameter of five Stage- 1 larvae are also included. While 

 Stage-2 otoliths were not available, it appears that otolith 

 length increased between Stage 1 and Stage 3, whereas fish 

 length did not. (Bl Polygons circumscribing areas bounded by 

 fish in Stages 1 and 3-5. 



