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http://www.marinebreeder.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=957&start=0 - Dr. Andy Rhyne writes "Maritech reared the yellow/black dogface in 2001 or so. I'll get the information about spawning and larval rearing. I think I can get photos of the early larvae. I think they got 50 or so through. Lost most of them after metamorphosis. I'll check up and confirm.
They are very similar to triggerfish. There has been a lot of work done on a few marine species, small eggs, benthic spawners 700um eggs or so. Some species will eat a rotifer at first feeding. My impression of the dogface that maritech was working on was that the larvae were very small but rubost, between a filefish and a triggerfish larvae." |