MATSUURA and YONEDA: EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF LOPHIID ANGLERFISH 



Table 2.— Comparison of development stages of three Atlantic species of lophiid anglerfishes. 



Characters 



L gastrophysus 



L. americanus 



L. piscatorius 



General development 

 Formation of bases of second dorsal and anal 



fins, the five dorsal spines, and the elongate 



ventral fin 

 First dorsal spine 

 Completion of anal fin rays 

 Completion of soft dorsal fin rays 

 Size at first appearance of canine teeth in 



both jaws 

 Size of newly hatched larva 

 Pigment on distal edge of the second dorsal 



spine 

 Position of pigment on distal part of the 



ventral fin 

 Pigment bars on the trunk and caudal region 



Meristic characters 7 

 Dorsal fin rays 

 Anal fin rays 

 Pectoral fin rays 

 Vertebrae 



8.1 



about 10-11 mm 



9.3 mm 



9.3 mm 



4.2 mm 

 about 3.5 mm 



since 5.2 mm 



3/4 of ventral fin 



three bars since 



early stage 



9-11 



8-9 

 22-26 (24.6) 

 26-27 (26.2) 



8.5 mm' 



about 12-14 mm 1 ' 2 



10.5 mm 2 



10.5 mm 2 



6.5 mm 2 

 about 2.5 mm 4 



no pigment ' 2 



far distal edge 2, 6 

 three bars since 2 

 early stage 



11-12 

 9-10 

 25-28 (26.1) 

 28-30 (29.1) 



11.5 mm 2 

 about 15-16 mm 2 3 

 16 mm 3 

 16 mm 3 



9.8 mm 2 

 about 4.5 mm 3 



since 6 mm 3 5 



far distal edge 5 

 anterior two bars 5 

 since 11 mm 



11-12 

 9-10 

 23-27 (25.2) 

 30-31 (30.4) 



'Martin and Drewry 1978; 2 Taning 1923; 3 Russel 1976; "Fahay 1983; 5 Lebour 1925; 6 Agassiz 1882; 7 Caruso 1983. 

 Note: For comparative purpose, the body length was given in total length for all species. Notochord length of L gastrophysus larvae 

 was converted to total length with an equation: TL = 1.024 mm NL + 0.1168 (r = 0.999), for larvae smaller than 10.0 mm NL. 



Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP). The 

 senior author received the research fellowship of the 

 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico 

 e Tecnologico (CNPq) and the junior author received 

 the scholarship of the Fundacao de Amparo a Pes- 

 quisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP). This is 

 contribution n? 620 of the Institute Oceanografico 

 da Universidade de Sao Paulo. 



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