Author Topic: They grow up so quickly (Read 40006 times)

BigMatt · « **Reply #20 on:** February 04, 2016, 09:31:33 AM »

I could argue that I caught these - but for fair disclosure it was done with a net about as fine as mosquito mesh! Photos are through a microscope - so "microfishing" might not be far off!

Anyone keen to guess?

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #21 on:** February 04, 2016, 09:37:53 AM »

Thats so cool BM!

Bigben · « **Reply #22 on:** February 04, 2016, 09:47:03 AM »

Quote from: BigMatt on February 04, 2016, 09:31:33 AM

I could argue that I caught these - but for fair disclosure it was done with a net about as fine as a mosquito mesh! Photos are through a microscope - so "microfishing" might not be far off!

Anyone keen to guess?

Grunter? perhaps

MIKE PIKE · « **Reply #23 on:** February 04, 2016, 10:13:50 AM »

Tadpole ...

, havent a clue , musselcracker ..

BigMatt · « **Reply #24 on:** February 04, 2016, 10:18:45 AM »

Fish larvae are almost always wildly different from what the adults end up looking like

:

1: Kob
2: Sole
3: Baardman

MIKE PIKE · « **Reply #25 on:** February 04, 2016, 10:20:37 AM »

Kob maybe ..

REEFMAN · « **Reply #26 on:** February 04, 2016, 10:38:19 AM »

Amazing!

Timothy Scriven · « **Reply #27 on:** February 04, 2016, 02:07:12 PM »

I have tried to ID from every angle, what is that?

Timothy Scriven · « **Reply #28 on:** February 04, 2016, 02:08:43 PM »

Found this today.
Baby swordfish

colin · « **Reply #29 on:** February 04, 2016, 05:22:46 PM »

REEFMAN · « **Reply #30 on:** February 04, 2016, 09:06:50 PM »

Really really

. Keep em coming!

REEFMAN · « **Reply #31 on:** February 04, 2016, 09:08:56 PM »

Quote from: MIKE PIKE on February 04, 2016, 10:20:37 AM

Kob maybe ..

Quote from: Timothy Scriven on February 04, 2016, 02:07:12 PM

I have tried to ID from every angle, what is that?

He gave the answers already guys... 3 photo's 3 different fish...

Quote from: BigMatt on February 04, 2016, 10:18:45 AM

Fish larvae are almost always wildly different from what the adults end up looking like :

1: Kob
2: Sole
3: Baardman

MIKE PIKE · « **Reply #32 on:** February 04, 2016, 09:13:51 PM »

Aha ok got it , Kob ,sole , baardman ..

BigMatt · « **Reply #33 on:** February 05, 2016, 09:15:44 AM »

I have been working on Sole larvae this week. Fun fact - members of the Sole family have a very interesting early development. They start out with eyes on either side of their head like normal fish. As their body develops the characteristic flat sole shape the eye on the underside of the body migrates around the forehead to meet the other one on top! (the last one is not the same species as the first two but it illustrates the point)

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #34 on:** February 05, 2016, 09:21:04 AM »

Thats awesome!

REEFMAN · « **Reply #35 on:** February 05, 2016, 09:46:20 AM »

More Matt, more!

Fascinating stuff.

Half-Pint · « **Reply #36 on:** February 05, 2016, 09:53:18 AM »

Big Matt you HAVE to post more of your studies and research!

This is simply fascinating stuff

BigMatt · « **Reply #37 on:** February 05, 2016, 10:01:23 AM »

Here is Steentjie larvae

BigMatt · « **Reply #38 on:** February 05, 2016, 10:02:04 AM »

BigMatt · « **Reply #39 on:** February 05, 2016, 10:05:42 AM »

Here is a group of what I am 99% sure is Zebra larvae. The second photo shows a different lighting setup that allows you to count the vertebrae and fin elements in smaller see through larvae. Being able to count all these characteristics helps ID larvae - because often larvae from the same family look very similar and can only be distinguished by the number of spines and rays in each of the fins.