Fish Larvae Presentation Nomeidae

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Fish Larvae PresentationNomeidae

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• Zulkifli Talib

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Cubiceps squamiceps
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Nomeidae (Driftfish)

• Brief Description
• Distribution oceanic, tropical and subtropical
• Associate with floating matter
• Coastal oceanic
• Common in SCS

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• General Morphology
• Body round and deep
• Around 30 myomere
• Pigmentation
• Pigment forming 3 stripes on dorsal ventral and
  midline of tail, top of head snout
• Few spots form on opercle preopercle
• Head Spination
• Weak

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• Similar Families
• Emmelicthidae
• 24 myomeres dorsal spine
• Carangidae
• Has supra occipital crest
• Pre opercle spine
• 24 myomeres
• Pigment pattern different

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• A.
• Specimens Tailand
• Sampling Location Gulf of Thailand
• Sampling Gear Bongo Net
• Stage Preflexion
• Sp. Name Cubiceps sp

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• Measurement
• Body Length 2.90 mm
• Head Length 0.78 mm
• ED 0.30 mm
• SnL 0.42 mm
• PAL 1.78 mm
• BD 0.76 mm

• Counts
• D
• A
• P1
• P2
• C
• Myomeres 15 16
  

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• B.
• Specimens Thailand
• Sampling Location Gulf of Thailand
• Sampling Gear Bongo Net
• Stage Flexion
• Sp. Name Cubiceps sp

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• Measurement
• Body Length 3.14 mm
• Head Length 1.40 mm
• ED 0.40 mm
• SnL 0.56 mm
• PAL 2.23 mm
• BD 1.2 mm

• Counts
• D
• A
• P1
• P2
• C
• Myomeres 15 16