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extends on the back to the front of the head. Mclntosh l has 

 figured a larva from the eggs fertilised with turbot milt, which is 

 closely similar, except that the oil globule is farther back in the 

 yolk. 



FIG. 125. Larva of Brill with two sides still similar ; after Rafifaele. 



After this stage we have no observations until we reach stages 

 in which the fin-rays are formed, and the mouth and jaws well 

 developed. The earliest of these figured by Raffaele (Fig. 125) is 



FIG. 126. Larva of Brill with right eye nearly at the top of the head ; after RafFaele. 



| inch long ; it is still equal-sided. The pigment is abundant, and 

 forms distinct bands across the sides, five in number. The next 

 stage (Fig. 126) with the right eye nearly at the top of the head 



1 Ninth Report Scottish Fishery Board. 



