Carangidae: E III A6A
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Rainbow runner.
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 |
890 |
1 |
240 |
segmented |
narrow |
bow |
56% of NL |
24 |
Egg: When collected, this egg had a fine scattering of yellow pigment down the embryo's belly, which, together with the dark pigment on the oil globule (A; A1), separated the egg from that of EIIIA6, where the yellow pigment is arranged in more discrete groups. The egg was also slightly larger than the average EIIIA6.
Larva: The chromatophore pattern of the 3-day larva is clearly shown in C and C1.
The COI barcode of this egg and hatched larva (A & C above), collected in the offshore sample of 16 February 2014, has matched the sequences of 3 adult Elagatis bipinnulata in BOLD.