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evident on the dorsal surface anterior to the eyes (Table 

 5). None of the preflexion and flexion larvae were pig- 

 mented on the cleithral region or caudal area. 



After flexion (>15 days old), pigment lining the 

 ventral body was greatly reduced; approximately 8 

 melanophores were present either on or near the 

 articulations of the anal-fin rays, and/or on the ven- 

 tral midline of the caudal peduncle (Fig. 1C). In ad- 

 dition, nape pigment had become imbedded in 

 postflexion individuals. Upon completion of flexion, 

 melanophores had also begun to develop on the pelvic 

 fin and along the posterior portion of the dorsal body 

 surface underlying the soft dorsal fin ( Table 5; Fig. 1C ). 



At 11.0 mm SL (>40 days old), additional melano- 

 phores had developed on the dorsal body surface un- 

 derlying the spinous dorsal fin, and melanophores ex- 

 tended into the fin membranes (Table 5; Fig. ID). In 

 addition, pigment was evident along the blade of the 

 pelvic fin, had covered the outer half of the pectoral 

 fin, and had begun to develop on the surface of the oper- 

 culum (Table 5; Fig. ID). Pigment on the anterior tip of 

 the lower jaw and on the hypural region had begun to 

 occur at 11.8 mm SL, and pigment along the dorsal 

 body surface continued to increase (Table 5). 



By 12.0 mm SL, the melanophores lining the dor- 

 sal body surface had begun to form the first body bar 



above the opercular region (Table 5). The first body 

 bar and all subsequent body bars formed initially 

 from the dorsal surface and extended ventrally with 

 development. Pigment along the lateral midline of 

 the body had begun to develop on the caudal region 

 by 14.0 mm SL, and the second body bar had begun 

 to develop underneath the spinous dorsal fin at 14.5 

 mm SL (Table 5; Fig. IE). Pigment began to develop 

 along the ventral and posterior regions of the eye 

 orbit at 18.7 mm SL (Table 5). 



By 28.0 mm SL, pigment on the ventral and poste- 

 rior regions of the eye orbit, the dorsal surface ante- 

 rior to the eyes, the surface of the operculum, the 

 dorsal body surface, the lateral midline of the body, 

 the hypural region, and on the membranes of the 

 spinous dorsal fin were all well developed (Table 5; 

 Fig. IF). The ventral terminus of the first body bar 

 was projected forward and the second body bar be- 

 gan to develop a similar pattern (Fig. IF). In addi- 

 tion, the remaining three body bars had begun form- 

 ing with the first appearance of the third body bar 

 just anterior to the soft dorsal fin, with the fourth 

 body bar directly under the soft dorsal fin, and with 

 the fifth body bar on the caudal region (Table 5). Pec- 

 toral- and pelvic-fin pigment had become less promi- 

 nent by 29.0 mm SL, with melanophores on only the 



