- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- The Cover Art Work
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Fish Reproduction -
Chapter 2 Development of Eggs and Larvae -
Chapter 3 Fish Egg and Larval Identification and Systematics -
Chapter 4 Ecology of Fish Eggs and Larvae -
Chapter 5 Sampling Fish Eggs and Larvae -
Chapter 6 Population Dynamics and Recruitment -
Chapter 7 Habitat, Water Quality, and Conservation Biology -
Chapter 8 Rearing and Culture of Marine Fishes -
LABORATORY EXERCISE ONE Ova Measurement to Determine Number of Spawnings and Introduction to Writing a Scientific Paper -
Laboratory Exercise Two Use of Histology to Determine if Multiple Spawnings are Occurring -
Laboratory Exercise Three Fecundity Determination -
Laboratory Exercise Four Artificially Spawning, Fertilizing, and Rearing Planktonic Fish Eggs -
Laboratory Exercise Five Culturing Marine Fish Larvae -
Laboratory Exercise Six Conducting Ichthyoplankton Tows -
Laboratory Exercise Seven Sorting and Identifying Fish Eggs and Larvae in Ichthyoplankton Samples -
Laboratory Exercise Eight Diversity/Identification of Planktonic Fish Eggs and Larvae -
Laboratory Exercise Nine Preparing and Examining Larval Fish Otoliths for Daily Growth -
Laboratory Exercise Ten Larval Fish Gut Contents -
Laboratory Exercise Eleven Histological Condition Index -
Laboratory Exercise Twelve Clearing and Staining Larval Fish - Glossary
- Literature Cited
- Taxonomical Index
- General Index
Fish Egg and Larval Identification and Systematics
Fish Egg and Larval Identification and Systematics
- Chapter:
- (p.55) Chapter 3 Fish Egg and Larval Identification and Systematics
- Source:
- Early Life History of Marine Fishes
- Author(s):
Bruce S. Miller
Arthur W. Kendall
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter examines the diversity of eggs and larvae, where it is shown that fish eggs, and in most cases the larvae, are quite different in appearance from the adults, but nevertheless they have distinctive characters that allow for their identification. These egg and larval characters also include systematic information that has been used to imply relationships among fishes, complementing information provided by the adults and from genetic studies. This chapter also discusses the methods and equipment for the morphological identification of fish eggs and larvae and presents examples of the use of larval fish characters in systematics, showing data from selected fish families, viz. the Lightfishes (Gonostomatidae), the Lanternfishes (Myctophidae), the Sculpins (Cottidae), and the Seabasses (Serranidae).
Keywords: taxonomy, systematics, larval fish, developmental stages, early life stages, morphology
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- The Cover Art Work
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Fish Reproduction -
Chapter 2 Development of Eggs and Larvae -
Chapter 3 Fish Egg and Larval Identification and Systematics -
Chapter 4 Ecology of Fish Eggs and Larvae -
Chapter 5 Sampling Fish Eggs and Larvae -
Chapter 6 Population Dynamics and Recruitment -
Chapter 7 Habitat, Water Quality, and Conservation Biology -
Chapter 8 Rearing and Culture of Marine Fishes -
LABORATORY EXERCISE ONE Ova Measurement to Determine Number of Spawnings and Introduction to Writing a Scientific Paper -
Laboratory Exercise Two Use of Histology to Determine if Multiple Spawnings are Occurring -
Laboratory Exercise Three Fecundity Determination -
Laboratory Exercise Four Artificially Spawning, Fertilizing, and Rearing Planktonic Fish Eggs -
Laboratory Exercise Five Culturing Marine Fish Larvae -
Laboratory Exercise Six Conducting Ichthyoplankton Tows -
Laboratory Exercise Seven Sorting and Identifying Fish Eggs and Larvae in Ichthyoplankton Samples -
Laboratory Exercise Eight Diversity/Identification of Planktonic Fish Eggs and Larvae -
Laboratory Exercise Nine Preparing and Examining Larval Fish Otoliths for Daily Growth -
Laboratory Exercise Ten Larval Fish Gut Contents -
Laboratory Exercise Eleven Histological Condition Index -
Laboratory Exercise Twelve Clearing and Staining Larval Fish - Glossary
- Literature Cited
- Taxonomical Index
- General Index
