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Pagrus pagrus or Pagellus erythrinus larvae?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2004

A. Klimogianni  and
P. Kaspiris
A. Klimogianni
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26110 Patras, Greece
P. Kaspiris
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26110 Patras, Greece
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Abstract

A preliminary ontogenetic series of common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus) larvae is presented showing that larvae of this species possess an occipital crest from 4 to 16 mm total length. Such a trait has been described as a diagnostic character of the larvae of another sparid fish, namely Pagrus pagrus, and has been erroneously considered as being absent in all other Sparidae species. This caused confusion and erratic identifications of the two species of larvae in Mediterranean ichthyoplankton investigations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 84 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 853 - 854
Copyright
2004 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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