Table 131. Labroid Taxa for Which Information is Available on Ego and Larval Stages. References dealing with spawning which do 

 not describe eggs or larva are omitted. YS— yolk-sac stage; pre^preflexion stage; flex — flexion stage; post — postflexion stage; D— demersal, P— 



pelagic. 



Family/genus 



Number of 

 species 



Larvae— developmental stage 



Egg type 



Pre 



Flex 



References 



Pomacentridae 



Abudefduf 



Acanthochromis 

 Amphipnon 



Chromis 



Scaridae 

 Calotomus 



NicholsinaC!) 

 Scarus 



Spansoma 



Unidentified 



Odacidae 



Neoodax 

 Odax 



D 



D 

 D 



D 



Several 



P-round 



P-spindle 

 P-round 



P-spindle 



X 



Parental care of larvae 

 X X X X 



X 



X 



X 



X 

 X 



X 

 X 



Shaw. 1955; Mito, 1966; Miller 



et al.. 1979; Re, 1980; Leis 



and Rennis, 1983 

 Robertson, 1973 

 Delsman, 1930c; Allen, 1972; 



Vatanachi, 1972; Leis and 



Rennis, 1983 

 Page, 1918; Padoa. 1956d; Fujita, 



1957a; Turner and Ebert, 1962; 



Ahlstrom, 1965; Leis and 



Rennis, 1983 

 Potthofl'et al., MS 

 Leis and Rennis, 1983 

 Miller etal., 1979 

 Nellen, 1973b; Leis and Rennis, 



1983 



Richards, 1984 



Sparta, 1956a; Russell, 1976 



Leis and Rennis, 1983 



Leis and Rennis, 1983 



Suzuki et al., 1981 



Page, 1918; Sparta, 1956a; 



Fourmanoir, 1976 

 Russell, 1976 

 Mito, 1962b; Pourmanoir, 1976; 



Richards, 1984 

 Masuda and Tanaka, 1962 

 Suzuki etal., 1981 

 Sparta, 1956a; Russell, 1976 

 Colin, 1982; Kelley, pers. comm. 

 Vatanachi, 1972 

 Bolin, 1930; Orton, 1953a 

 Fourmanoir, 1976 

 Mito, 1962b; Robertson, 1975a; 



Crossland, 1981 

 Mito, 1962b 

 Orton, 1953a 



Mito, 1962b; Nellen, 1973b 

 Sparta, 1956a; Russell, 1976 

 Kuntzand Radclifle, 1917 

 Kuntzand Radclifle, 1917 

 Kubo, 1939; Sparta, 1956a; Leis, 



1983; Richards, 1984 

 Sparta, 1956a; Leis and Rennis, 



1983; Richards, 1984 

 Kamiya, 1925; Mito, 1962b; Dekhnik 



et al., 1966; Pourmanoir, 



1976; Miller etal., 1979; 



Crossland, 1982; Leis and 



Rennis, 1983 



Kamiya, 1925; Leis and Rennis, 



1983 

 Regan, 1916; Aboussouan, 1969 

 Winn and Bardach, 1960; Mito, 



1962b 

 Sparta, 1956a; Winn and Bardach, 



1 960; Randall and Randall, 



1963 

 Watson and Leis, 1974; Leis 



and Rennis, 1983; Richards, 



1984 



Regan, 1916 



Robertson, 1975a; Crossland, 

 1982 (as unidentified larva 1) 



