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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
)
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