Morphological Comparisons of North American Sea Bass Larvae (Pisces: Serranidae)
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Leltzeli, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries CONTENTS Page Introduction ......................................................................... 1 Methods and Materials . 1 Results. 2 Subfamily Serraninae .............................................................. 2 Centropristis . 2 Paralabrax ................................................................... 4 Diplectrum .... 5 Serranus ..................................................................... 6 Hypoplectrus ................................................ ... .......... .... 10 Schultzea .................................................................... 12 8erraniculus .................................................................. 12 Serraniculus pumilio .................................................. ......... 12 Discussion . 15 Subfamily Anthinae . 16 Plectranthias ................................................................. 16 Anthias ...................................................................... 16 Pronotogrammus .............................................................. 20 Hemanthias ........................................................... ..... .. 22 Hemanthias uiuanus . 22 Discussion . 26 Subfamily Epinephelinae ........................................................... 26 Paranthias ........................... ....................................... 30 Epinephelus .................................................................. 31 Mycteroperca ................ ................................................ 34 Mycteroperca microlepts ........................................................ 34 Discussion . 35 Subfamily Grammistinae ........................................................... 38 Ltopropoma . 38 Rypticus ........................................ ... ....... :.................. 39 Pseudogramma . 40 Pseudogramma gregoryi . 41 Discussion . 43 Discussion . 45 Summary........... ................................................................. 45 Acknowledgments . 47 Literature Cited ...................................................................... 47 Figures 1. Larvae of Centropristis striata from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean ......................... 4 2. Spine-bearing bones of the opercular and posttemporal regions on a 10.6-mm Centropristis striata larva. 4 3. Larvae of Paralabrax sp. from the northeastern Pacific Ocean ............................... 5 4. Spine-bearing bones of the opercular and posttemporal regions on a 9.5-mm Paralabrax sp. larva ... 5 5. Larvae of Diplectrum sp. Type 1 from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. 6 6. Larvae of Diplectrum sp. Type 1 from the northeastern Pacific Ocean ......................... 7 7. Spine-bearing bones of the opercular and posttemporal regions on a 10.3-mm Diplectrum sp. Type 1 larva. 8 8. Larvae of Diplectrum sp. Type 2 from the northeastern Pacific Ocean ......................... 8 9. Spine-bearing bones of the opercular and posttemporal regions on a 9.9-mm Diplectrum sp. Type 2 larva ............................................................................ 8 10. Larvae of Serranus sp. from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. 9 11. Spine-bearing bones of the opercular and posttemporal regions on a 9.7-mm Serranus sp.larva ..... 10 12. Laboratory-reared larvae of Hypoplectrus sp. from eggs collected near Miami, Fla. 11 13. Spine-bearing bones of the opercular and posttemporal regions on a 12.5-mm Hypoplectrus sp.larva . 12 14. Young stages of Serraniculus pumilio from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. 13 iii 15. Larvae of Plectranthias garupellus from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean . 17 16. Larvae of Anthias sp. Type 1 from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. 18 17. Larvae of Anthias sp. Type 2 from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. 19 18. Larva of Anthias tenuis from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. 20 19. Larva of Anthias sp. Type 3 from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. 20 20. Larvae of Anthias gordensis from the eastern Pacific Ocean ................................. 21 21. Spine-bearing bones of the opercular and posttemporal regions on a 10.2-mm Anthias sp. Type 1 larva ................... ......................................................... 22 22. Larvae of Pronotogrammus aureorubens from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean ................. 23 23. Larvae of Pronotogrammus eos from the eastern Pacific Ocean. 24 24. Spine-bearing bones of the opercular and posttemporal regions on a 9.5-mm Pronotogrammus aureorubens larva . 24 25. Larvae of Hemanthias uiuanus from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean ......................... 25 26. Larva of Hemanthias peruanus from the eastern Pacific Ocean. 26 27. Spine-bearing bones of the opercular and posttemporal regions of a 4.3-mm Hemanthias uiuanus larva ...... ...... ... ........ ... ................................................ 26 28. Spine-bearing bones of the opercular and posttemporal regions on a 10.3-mm Hemanthias uiuanus larva ..... .. ... ...... ............ .. .... ........................................ 26 29. Development of the supraoccipital crest of Hemanthias uiuanus . 28 30. Details of the head spination on a H emanthias uiuanus larva ...............................