Record Details

Eggs and early larvae of the grey mullet Valamugil seheli (Forsskal)

CMFRI Repository

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/344/
 
Title Eggs and early larvae of the grey mullet
Valamugil seheli (Forsskal)
 
Creator Bensam, P
 
Subject Eggs and Larvae
 
Description Planktonic eggs coUoplcd from P^k.Bsy ,ancl Gulf of Mannar and identified
circiunstantially as of Valamugil seheli (Forsskal) were reared in the laboratory
up to the 72-h postlarvae. The eggs ranged in diameter from 0.621 mm to 1.09
mm and were with single, pigmented oilglobules ranging in diameter from 0.212
mm to 0.273 mm. The periviteUine space was narrow. The yolk, being neither
sagmented nor vacuolated, was clear. Newly hatched larvae measured 2.179mm.
They had black pigment spots on the dorsal side of the body, with a few localised,
yellowish networks of xanthophores. In the 24-h larva, most of the black pigment
spots had migrated to the ventral side of the body. The 48-h-old larva had its
mouth formed, eyes pigmented, yolk utilized and pectoral fins developed, and so
was in the early postlarval stage. In the 72-h larva there was iiicrease in pigmentation
along both dorsal and ventral aspects of body. In this postlarval phase
the number of myomeres had stabilized at 25, corresponding to the adult-vertebral
number.
The eggs could be distinguished from those of the allied species by their
size andjor the size of oilglobules. By the location of the oilglobule as well
as by the nature of pigmentation the early larvae could be distinguished from those
of M. cephalus.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1987
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/344/1/Article_07.pdf
Bensam, P (1987) Eggs and early larvae of the grey mullet Valamugil seheli (Forsskal). Indian Journal of Fisheries, 34 (2). pp. 171-177.