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extends on the back to the front of the head. Mcintosh ^ 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 Raftaele. 



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. 



f 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. 1 26) with the right eye nearly at the top of the head 



^ Ninth Repoi-t Scottish Fishery Board. 



