Unknown: E III A3A

Unknown

Egg diameter in µm	Number of oil globules	Diameter of oil globule in µm	Yolk texture	Perivitelline space	Position of oil globule at hatch	Gut length   at eye- pigment stage	Myomeres
840-890	1	215-240	segmented	narrow	bow	60% of NL	ca25

Egg: This species is another in this group of eggs with a segmented yolk, and a relatively large, clear oil globule. My notes describe the yolk as misty, and the embryo and oil globule sparsely dotted with black pigment. Due to its rare appearance in samples, no photograph of the egg is currently available. Incubation is about 30 hours.

Larva: The NH larva has no yellow pigment in the finfolds; it is all on the notochord, eye sockets and oil globule (A). During the next three days the yellow pigment spreads across the whole notochord behind the pectoral fins (E & F). A: NH,  B & B1: 1 day, C, C1 & D: 3days, E & F 4 days (23°C). Note: A, B C, C1 & F are a series from the same egg batch. Likewise are B1, D & E.

This species is very like EIIIA7A in its early stages, but the 4-5 day larva separates them. Seven larvae have been successfully sequenced, but no match with an adult has been found. In the dendrogram they cluster as 1 species, among adult Sphyraena (BOLD reference). See also EIIIA2A.

This egg has been seen off Park Rynie on only 5 occasions, three of which were in 2005 (blue graph).