Representative stages of larvae for selected species of freshwater and marine fishes.  (a) lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens; (b) bloater, Coregonus hoyi; (c) chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; (d) lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush; (e) northern pike, Esox lucius; (f, g) common carp, Cyprinus carpio; (h) brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus; (i) largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides; (j) yellow perch, Perca flavescens; (k) American eel, Anguilla rostrata; (l) Japanese anchovy, Engraulis japonicus; (m) Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus; (n) haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus; (o) walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma; (p) Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua; (q) striped bass, Morone saxatilis; (r) Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus; (s) bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus; California halibut, Paralichthys californicus. Drawings from various published sources.  From: Fishery Science (Blackwell Science) edited by Fuiman and Werner.

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