Abstract
Comparison of larval and juvenile specimens of the temperate bass, Lateolabrax japonicus, collected from 11 sites in western and central Japan, revealed that specimens from the Chikugo estuary located at the innermost Ariake Bay, differed markedly in morphology from other specimens. In the Chikugo specimens, melanophores were distributed more sparsely, the head was proportionately smaller and the numbers of dorsal pterygiophores and vertebrae were significantly lower. Larval and juvenile stages of the species were redescribed using specimens from the Shimanto estuary.
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