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Figure 4 



Flexion and postflexion reared Lutjanun canipcchauiis larvae: (Al 5.5 mm, 15 DAH, from 

 AL; iBi 5.6 mm, 16 DAH, from AL; (C). 9.6 mm, 17 DAH, from AL. 



gas bladder increased until 3,6 mm when this pigment 

 appeared as a solid melanistic patch. Pigment on the ven- 

 tral surface of the trunk (between the cleithrum and the 

 anus) consisted of one or two nielanophores that were 

 present until the pelvic fin bud emerged. As the pelvic 

 fin developed, this pigment migrated internally to a posi- 

 tion anterodorsal to the insertion of the pelvic fin and 

 remained discernible through the body wall of specimens 

 up to 4.9 mm. One melanophore was also present on the 



ventral surface of the hindgut just anterior to the anus 

 over the size range of 2,4 mm to 4,4 mm, A melanophore 

 was present in the peritoneum on the anterior surface of 

 the visceral mass (avml at the level of the pectoral-fin base 

 and was visible through the operculum in the 3.6-, 3,8-, 

 4,4-, and 5,6-mm specimens. This melanophore was more 

 easily observed when the operculum was lifted. Additional 

 data from larvae (/!=96i raised at GCRL showed that the 

 avni melanophore was first present in larvae as small as 



