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Table 2.— Presence of melanophores at described locations in Icelinus 

 quadriseriatus larvae, represented as a percentage of larvae showing the 

 melanophoes. * = reared larvae. 



was nine. It is possible that there is some slight 

 variability in this meristic character or the last (in- 

 conspicuous) dorsal spine may have been overlooked 

 in the former's x-ray counts. 



plates. The ventral abdomen and postanal ventral 

 melanophores begin to fade and become less num- 

 erous. 



Transformed juveniles (including a 16.3 mm speci- 

 men, LACM 056-OB-75-JA01) display most adult 

 characters (Bolin 1944) including a double row of 



scales just ventral to the dorsal fin (Fig. 3D). A gap Table 3.-Meristics of icelinus quadriseriatus larvae. ND = no 



in the scale row is located below the insertion of the ^^^^ (specimens between the dashed lines are undergoing flexion 



, , 1 ^- Tv,r 1 1 1 , T of the notochord). * = reared larvae; -n = cleared and stained 



second dorsal tin. Melanophores almost disappear larvae- ° = x-rayed 



from the postanal and ventral midline and concen- 



trate on the head, dorsal body, and fins. There is ^ =- <" 1 <d 



a concentration of pigment between the eye and the ^.g^ ||c¥c.g'5.c^M S£ 



lower jaw angle and at the base of the caudal fin. w w 5 >. c c m^^'^Z 1 f "2 <„ ?"q. 



E s g ^ '1 r_.cS-.cS-o « ? S S-s8 



E r n .£ 2^ <5r^-^ •- -^ "- 0) 3 -s > <u c w 

 -^ CO to ;^ o«: Oa)y^ y^ o- « -§ — E w^ 



Meristic Elements .S § g ? o^os-|i|ig ^ ^ | §. S E 



C0QQ<CLCLCLQ.Q.a.OHSQ- 



Ray elements of the pectoral and caudal fins start -2.7 — — _ — __ _____34 33 



developing in larvae 6.8-7.0 mm long. Spine and ray 3.5 — — — — — — —— — — — 34 42 



elements of the dorsal and anal fins develop at about . .^.^. .~ .~ .~ .~ .~ . ~ . .T. .~ .~ .~ .~ .^^. .'^^. 



7.4-7.6 mm. The pelvic fin elements are countable -1-5.3— — — — — — —— — — — 34 44 



in specimens that are double stained and at least 8.2 .^g ZZZZZZ ZZZZZ3434 



mm SL (Table 3). 6^6 — — — — ———— — — — 34 34 



The fin and vertebral counts of 10 double stained -i- 6.8 - - - 11 11 budsbuds 2 ND ND ND 35 26 



«^1^ ^^11^^+^^ i„„ r, A o a 1 J +7.4 IX 12 11 16 16 — — 4 10 24 34 ND 30 



iield-collected larvae 7.4-8.9 mm long and one 



juvenile 27.8 mm SL correspond closely to the +7.6 - - 12 12 14 budsbuds 3 nd nd nd 35 27 



^r.,.^i-^ ^foa A ^ AA- e ^-l. J \rrMr ii 7.7 IX 14 13 15 16 budsbuds 4 ND ND ND 33 28 



counts ot 36 X-rayed adults irom the LACM collec- +8 2 x 15 13 16 16 12 12 4 ii 22 33 nd 34 



tion. These counts are consistent with x-ray count -(■8.5 viii 14 12 I6 I6 l!2 1,2 4 11 23 34 nd 31 



frequencies given in Howe and Richardson (1978) °^-^ ^^ ^^ 12 I6 I6 1,2 1,2 4 nd nd 34 35 29 



°9 3 IX 14 12 16 16 1 2 1 2 4 ND ND 34 34 32 



except for the dorsal spine counts. The most fre- o^q^ ,x 13 12 15 16 i;2 \,2 4 nd nd 33 33 28 



quent dorsal spine count listed in Howe and Richard- °16.3 ix 14 12 I6 16 1,2 1,2 4 11 23 34 nd 8 



son was eight whereas in the LACM specimens it °18.7 viii 13 11 16 I6 1,2 1,2 4 10 24 34 nd 4 



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