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pl23_fizh1713.jpg

Top - striped bass larva 7mm long, 16 days after hatching

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Description

Top - striped bass larva 7mm long, 16 days after hatching. Middle - 18-day-old striped bass larva 8 mm in length. Bottom - 23-day-old striped bass larva, 12mm long. Anal, second dorsal, and caudal fin rays well developed. Air bladdershwon immediately above fore-part of stomach.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection

Location

North Carolina, Beaufort

Collection

Historic Fisheries