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Figure 89. Brevoortia tyrannus. a, larva four days after hatching, 15.7 mm; b, young, 9 mm; c, 23 mm; d, 33 

 mm. A, B, c drawn by Albert Kuntz, d by E. B. Decker. 



1926, differed little in development; all had remained slender and were more or less in 

 the larval stage. As seen in the water they were almost transparent, but when removed 

 from the water, dark pigment spots were evident along the middle of the side in a more 

 or less definite lateral band. 



Specimens 40-45 mm long are shaped very much like large fish, although they 

 remain rather more slender; their greatest depth of body is contained about 3.6-4.0 in 



