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State of the Art of Identification for Cyprinid Fish Larvae from Eastern North America
Author(s) -
Fuiman Lee A.,
Conner John V.,
Lathrop Barbara F.,
Buynak Gerard L.,
Snyder Darrel E.,
Loos Jules J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1983)112<319:sotaoi>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - biology , larva , fish <actinopterygii> , identification (biology) , fish larvae , species identification , zoology , ecology , geography , fishery
Morphological characteristics are known for 62 species of cyprinid larvae in 22 genera occupying waters of North America east of the Continental Divide. Currently known diagnostic characters are presented for most of these species. Species are arranged into groups according to their relative preanal length, eye shape, preanal myomere number, and ventral pigmentation. Descriptive literature is noted, as are errors in the literature. Practical considerations for making identifications, species in need of description, and characters to be investigated are discussed.