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Fig. 1 60. Larvae of the genus Lepophidiuln. (A) Lepophidium negropinna. 5. 1 mm NL. NMFS-SWFC, P-28 1 20.35. (B) Lepophidiumjeannae, 

 1 1 mm SL. UMML CI 71 13 Sla. 62, 26°30'N. 83°00'W. (C) Lepophidium staurophor. 12 mm SL. UMML, CI 71 13 Sta. 81, 27°00'N, 84''05'W. 

 (D) Lepophidium Type 1, 7.8 mm NL, UMML, CI 71 14 Sta. 127, 28''15'N, 84°50'W. 



Larvae. — The reproductive biology of three bythitid species has 

 been discussed (Wourms and Bayne, 1973; Wourms and Cohen, 

 1975; Suarez, 1975). Aboussouan (1972a) described a larva at- 

 tributable to Oligopus longhursti and Leis and Rennis (1983) 

 have illustrated a larval Dinematichlhys. A larva of Brosino- 

 phycis marginata from the eastern Pacific and an unidentified 

 bythitid from the North Atlantic (Fig. 1 58) are illustrated here. 



Larvae of a number of carapid and ophidiine species have been 

 described, but few larvae of other, generally deeper-dwelling, 

 ophidioid taxa are known. Leis and Rennis (1983) illustrated a 

 larval Brolula. Aboussouan (1980) described a large, ribbon- 

 shaped larva which he attributed to Bwtidotaenia. A specimen 

 of Spectrunctulus grandts (56 mm SL) is illustrated and dis- 

 cussed by Nielsen and Hureau (1980). Larvae of the neobythi- 



Fig 159. Urvae of tribe Ophidimi. (A) Olophidium omosligmum. 8.3 mm NL, UMML, CI 71 14 Sta. 126, 28°15'N, 84°25'W. (B) Ophidian 

 Type 1, 7.6 mm NL, UMML, CI 7308 Sta. 60, 26°3rN, 82°28'W. (C) OphidionType 2, 7.0 mm NL, UMML, CI 7303 Sta. 94, 27°30'N, 83°29'W. 

 (D) Ophidian nocomis. 24 mm SL, NMFS-SEFC, Ore II 7343 Sta. 160. (E) Ophidian setenops. 24 mm SL, UMML, CI 71 13 Sta. 95, 27''31'N, 

 83°46W. (F) Parophidion schmidli. 17 mm SL, MCZ-WHOI, RV Chain 60 RHB 1315, 25°46'N, 79°47'W. 



