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Table 5.1 Characteristics of larval metamorphosis in different teleost groups
Additional morphological
changes *
Group
Habitat
Niche shift Duration
Species and references
Carp
Freshwater
None
Days-
weeks
None
Zebrafish Danio rerio : gross morphology
( Parichy, Elizondo, Mills, Gordon, &
Engeszer, 2009 ); fin development ( Cubbage
& Mabee, 1996; Goldsmith, Iovine,
O'Reilly-Pol, & Johnson, 2006 );
pigmentation ( Budi, Patterson, & Parichy,
2011; Parichy & Turner, 2003a ); and lateral
line ( Nu˜ez et al., 2009; Webb & Shirey,
2003 )
Catfish
Freshwater
Pelagic to
benthic
Days-
weeks
Growth of barbels
Indian catfish Mystus punctatus ( Ramanathan,
Natarajan, & Sukumran, 1985 )
Coral
reef fish
Marine
Pelagic to
demersal
Hours-
weeks
Dramatic adult pigmentation
changes in many species
Multiple species ( McCormick & Makey,
1997; McCormick, Makey, et al., 2002 )
Eels
Catadromous
Marine to
freshwater
Months-
years
Leptocephalus/glass eel to
elver/silver eel transition:
Salinity tolerance
American eel Anguilla rostrata otolith
morphology ( Cieri & McCleave, 2000 )
Japanese eel Anguilla japonica otolith
morphology ( Arai, Otake, & Tsukamoto,
1997 )
Australian shortfin eels Anguilla australis
( De Silva, Gunasekera, Gooley, & Ingram,
2001 )
Multiple species ( Raju, 1974 )
Continued
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