Laboratory guide to early life history stages of northeast Pacific fishes

• Main Authors: Matarese, Ann C., Kendall, Jr., Arthur W., Blood, Deborah M., Vinter, Beverly M.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service 1989
• Subjects: Ecology; Fisheries; Biology; Bering Sea; Pacific
• Online Access: http://aquaticcommons.org/2741/; https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/5915; http://aquaticcommons.org/2741/6/tr80opt.pdf

This laboratory guide presents taxonomic information on eggs and larvae of fishes of the Northeast Pacific Ocean (north of California) and the eastern Bering Sea. Included are early-life-history series, illustrations, and comparative descriptions of 232 species expected to spawn here, out of a total 627 species known to occur in marine waters of this area. Meristic and general life-history data are included, as well as diagnostic characters to help identify eggs and larvae. Most of this information has been gleaned from literature, with the addition of 200 previously unpublished illustrations. (PDF file contains 654 pages.)