Date of Award
1977
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Courtenay, Walter R. Jr.
Abstract
Advanced embryos, larval and early juvenile snook, Centropomus undecimalis, are described from laboratory reared specimens. This description includes details of advanced embryos, changes in body shape, pigmentation, and osteological development. Eggs ranged from 0.68 to 0.73 mm in diameter with a single oil globule. Larvae were between 1.4 and 1.5 mm standard length at hatching. The yolk sac was absorbed by 2.2 mm and adult pigmentation began to appear on the head and fins by 7.0 mm. Ossification had commenced by 5.5 mm and all bones, except the ethmoid and preyomer, had at least begun to ossify by 21.9 mm. Illustrations of snook eggs and larvae, including details of the caudal skeleton, are presented to show changes that occurred during development.
Extent
56 p.
Recommended Citation
LAU, STEPHEN R., "LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SNOOK, CENTROPOMUS UNDECIMALIS (PISCES: CENTROPOMIDAE), REARED IN THE LABORATORY" (1977). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 556.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/556
Identifier
FADT13894
Comments
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.