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Several Drawing Techniques to Illustrate Larval Fishes
Author(s) -
Faber Daniel J.,
Gadd Sally
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<349:sdttil>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - confusion , dorsal fin , dorsum , biology , larva , chromatophore , fish fin , anatomy , shading , fish <actinopterygii> , computer science , fishery , ecology , psychology , computer graphics (images) , psychoanalysis
Larval fishes are difficult animals to illustrate for several reasons but it is not necessary to be an accomplished artist to produce acceptable illustrations. Symbolic representations are recommended for illustration of such morphological structures as fin‐rays, thickening tissue in the ventral caudal fin region, yolk materials, and eyes. As general guidelines, we recommend that myomeres be omitted (except for species that possess unusually shaped ones), that three views (dorsal, lateral, ventral) be portrayed, that artistic shading avoided (because it causes confusion with patterns of pigmentation), that illustrations be composed from more than one specimen (when necessary), and that all melanophores be shown accurately because of the importance of pigmentation patterns.