LAROCHE and RICHARDSON. DEVELOPMENT AND OCCURRENCE OF ROCKFISHES 



10.1 mm 



5.9mm 



FIGURE 1.— Planktonic larvae UO.l, 12.9, 15.9 mm) of Sebastes flavidus. 



were selected for the developmental series from 

 556 specimens identified. Juveniles were iden- 

 tified by the following combination of characters 

 recorded from juvenile and adult specimens: 



Gill rakers = 33-39 

 Lateral line pores = 46-57, usually 50-54 

 Pectoral fin rays = 17-19, usually 18 

 Anal fin soft rays = 7-9, usually 8 



Dorsal fin soft rays = 14-15 



Preocular spine = absent 

 Supraocular spine = absent 

 Interorbital space = flat to convex 

 Black blotch at base of 



spinous dorsal fin = present. 



Fifty-eight specimens of S. melanops (10.6- 

 111.6 mm) were selected for the developmental 



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