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FIGURE 3 in The lionfishes: Comparative development of Pterois volitans, Dendrochirus barberi, and D. hemprichi (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) and discrimination of their early life stages from non-pteroine scorpaenid genera in the Western North Atlantic

  • 1. American Southwest Ichthyological Researchers (ASIR), 800 Encino Place NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102-2606, USA.
  • 2. Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), University of Miami, Florida, USA. & Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, Florida 33149, USA.
  • 3. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad Chetumal Av. Centenario Km 5.5, CP 77014 Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

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FIGURE 3. Cranial and opercular spination in Pterois volitans larvae. A. 3.6 mm; B. 8.0 mm; C. 9.3 mm (pelvic fins not to scale). All lengths in mm standard length (SL) post-preservation.

Notes

Published as part of Ditty, James G., Malca, Estrella & Vásquez-Yeomans, Lourdes, 2024, The lionfishes: Comparative development of Pterois volitans, Dendrochirus barberi, and D. hemprichi (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) and discrimination of their early life stages from non-pteroine scorpaenid genera in the Western North Atlantic, pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 5446 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11084543

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