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Figure 1 (continued) 
mm (Fig. 1C; Table 4). Pigment was also evident 
along the anterior tip of the lower jaw, on the snout 
anterior to the eye orbit, on the top of the cranium, 
on the operculum, and along the dorsal and poste- 
rior margin of the gut cavity. 
Pigmentation patterns at a length of 13.8 mm were 
similar to, but more intensely developed than, those 
at 10.0 mm (Fig. ID). Pigment advanced in the ante- 
rior direction along the postanal ventral and lateral 
midline, and to a lesser degree along the dorsal mid- 
line. In addition, pigment along the posterior-ven- 
tral portion of the eye orbit had begun to form. 
At a length of 18.3 mm, the dorsal half of the fish 
had become highly pigmented (Fig. IE). Nape pig- 
ment had developed and merged with the dorsal mid- 
line pigment, forming a continuous band from the 
parietal and nuchal spines to the beginning of the 
caudal fin at this size. Snout and cranial pigment 
also had merged to form a solid line of pigment from 
the upper jaw to the parietal and nuchal spines at a 
