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Early morphological development of Erromyzon kalotaenia (Teleostei: Gastromyzontidae)

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In the present study, early morphological development of Erromyzon kalotaenia, a species of the Gastromyzontidae distributed in Guangxi, China, through the pre-incubation embryos to the juvenile stage was investigated. The eggs of E. kalotaenia were adhesive and demersal with egg membrane diameter 2.03 ± 0.04 mm. The yolk was white. At 24 °C, the embryo developed into a larva outside of the membrane at 45 hrs 28 min. The newly hatched larvae were 4.90 ± 0.14 mm in TL with 37 pairs of myomere. At the 30th day post-hatching, developments of fins were completed and then the juvenile stage was entered.

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Acknowledgments

Data on this paper is from the dissertation of the first author in the partial fulfillment of the requirements for a master's degree at the Department and Graduate Institute of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. The authors would like to thank Crazy Aqua Studio trader, AquaMonsters trader and Creative Way Aqua for their help in the collection of fish, and greatly appreciate Sun, X-Y (YuanShan ornamental fish farm) for assistance in the rearing experiment.

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  1. Doctoral Degree Program in Marine Biotechnology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Wei-Cheng Jhuang

  2. Doctoral Degree Program in Marine Biotechnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

    Wei-Cheng Jhuang

  3. Department of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Kuo-Hsun Chiu

  4. Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Te-Yu Liao

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Jhuang, WC., Chiu, KH. & Liao, TY. Early morphological development of Erromyzon kalotaenia (Teleostei: Gastromyzontidae). Ichthyol Res 68, 303–311 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-020-00791-1

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