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ONTOGENY AND SYSTEMATICS OF FISHES-AHLSTROM SYMPOSIUM 



Table 162. Family Affiliation. Habitat and Ranges of Meristic Values for Stromateoid Genera. 



' Total fin elements. 



Larvae and Juveniles 



The larvae and/orearly juveniles of approximately 28 species 

 representing 1 3 genera and all six stromateoid families have 

 been described (Table 163; see Figs. 333 and 334). 



Ahlstrom et al. (1976) considered a young stromateoid to be 

 a larva and not a juvenile if it (1) had not completely formed 

 rays in all fins and/or (2) had not initiated development of scales. 

 Scale formation is seldom encountered on specimens that lack 

 the full complement of fin rays. 



Characters of larvae and early juveniles that Ahlstrom et al. 

 (1976) found useful in distinguishing among stromateoid fishes 

 include meristics. sequence of fin formation, morphometries, 

 pigmentation and skeletal features. Of the strictly ontogenetic 

 characters, sequence of fin formation and pigmentation pattern 

 are the most important. The overlap in character states and the 

 lack of data for certain genera strongly limit the number of 

 unambiguous characters useful in developing a stromateoid 

 phylogeny. 



Table 163. Stromateoid Species for which Eggs and/or Larvae Have Been Described. 



Species 



Eggs 



Amarsipidae 

 Centrolophidae 



Nomeidae 



Tetragonuridae 



Ariommidae 

 Stromateidae 



Amarsipus carlsbergi 



Schedophilus ovalis 

 Centrolophus niger 

 Senolella brama 

 Seriolella caerulea 

 Seriolella punctata 

 Icichthys lockingtoni 



Cubiceps baxteri 

 Cubiceps caeruleus 

 Cubiceps capensis 

 Cubiceps gracilis 

 Cubiceps paradoxus 

 Cubiceps pauciradiatus 

 Cubiceps squamiceps 

 Nomeus gronovii 

 Psenes arafurensis 

 Psenes cyanophrys 

 Psenes maculatus 

 Psenes pellucidus 

 Psenes sio 



Telragonurus atlanticus 

 Telragonurus cuvieri 

 Tetragonurus pacificus 



Ariomma regutus 



Siromaleus fiatola 

 Peprilus burli 

 Peprilus paru 

 Peprilus simtltimus 

 Peprilus triacanthus 



Pampus chinensis 



X? 



X? 

 X 



X 

 X 



Ahlstrom et al. (1976) 



Padoa (1956b) 



Sanzo (1932b) (as C pompilus) 

 Grimes and Robertson (1981) 

 Grimes and Robertson (1981) 

 Grimes and Robertson (1981) 

 Ahlstrom et al. (1976) 



Ahlstrom et al. (1976) (as C. caeruleus. see Butler, 1979) 



Ahlstrom et al. (1976) (as C. capensis, see Butler. 1979) 



Ahlstrom et al. (1976) (as C. sp. A. see Butler. 1979) 



Sparta (1946) 



Ahlstrom et al. (1976) (as C sp. B, see Butler. 1979) 



Ahlstrom et al. (1976) 



Nellen (1973b) (as Psenes whiteleggii. see Ahlstrom et al., 



Ahlstrom et al. (1976) 



Ahlstrom et al. (1976) 



Ahlstrom et al. (1976) 



Ahlstrom et al. (1976) 



Ahlstrom et al. (1976) 



Ahlstrom et al. (1976) 



Grey (1955b), Ahlstrom et al. (1976) 

 Grey (1955b), Ahlstrom et al. (1976) 

 Grey (1955b), Ahlstrom et al. (1976) 



McKenney (1961) (as Psenes regulus) 



Padoa (1956b) 



Ditty and Truesdale (1983) 



Martin and Drewry (1978), Ditty and Truesdale (1983) 



D" Vincent et al. (1980) 



Colton and Honey (1963), Martin and Drewry (1978), 



Ditty and Truesdale (1983) 

 Pali (1979) 



1976) 



' Early juveniles 



