A guide to the eggs and larvae of 100 common Western Mediterranean Sea bony fish species.
2017
Rodríguez, J.M. (José María) | Alemany, F. (Francisco) | García, A.
Inglés. This guide presents the egg and larval descriptions of 100 species of fishes belonging to55 families, which are most likely to be present in plankton samples collected in the continentalshelf and oceanic waters of the Western Mediterranean Sea. The guide is structured in twoparts. The first introductory part describes the different applications of ichthyoplanktonstudies in fisheries research, the main sampling strategies, methods and gears, the early lifehistory of fishes and how to identify them. A brief historical account of ichthyoplanktonidentification studies in the Mediterranean Sea is also provided. The second part of the guidecontains the identification sheets of the species. Each species sheet includes the followinginformation: illustration of the adult fish and information on its habitat and spawning season;description of the main features useful towards identifying the egg, yolk sac and larval stageof each fish species; illustrations and (when available) photos of the different life stages.
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