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Ecological Diversity of Larval Fishes: Ontogeny of Deep-Sea Demersal Species

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This chapter introduces the ecological diversity of larval and juvenile stages of fishes, using, as an example, the ontogeny of deep-sea demersal species, one of the least known groups with regard to early life history. To clarify the latter in such fishes, a near-bottom sampling survey was conducted on the upper continental slope of Suruga Bay. The larval fish fauna in the near-bottom layer of the bay was clarified for the first time, and ontogenies of three species (Leptoderma lubricum , Leptoderma retropinnum , and Paraliparis dipterus ) highly dependent upon the near-bottom layer were described herein. The collected deep-sea demersal fishes were separated into three types based on their distribution patterns in the near-bottom layer and water column: Type A, all developmental stages occurring only in the near-bottom layer; type B-1, early juvenile stage occurring mainly in the water column, thereafter the near-bottom layer; and type B-2, juvenile stage only collected from near-bottom, no larvae collected from the near-bottom layer or water column. The characteristics and significance of the ontogeny of these types are discussed, and the current status of larval fish taxonomy in Japan is summarized. Some suggestions are made to increase the number of larval fish descriptions in the future.

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Acknowledgments

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to A. Fukui, for his guidance and advice in various aspects of this study. I thank the captain and crews of T/V Hokuto, R/V Bosei-maru and R/V Tansei-maru, and scientists on board during cruises KT-01-18, KT-02-16 and KT-03-18 for their assistance in sampling. G.S. Hardy critically reviewed the English text of the manuscript, which was greatly improved by suggestions made by the editors, K. Matsuura, H. Motomura and Y. Kai. T. Tamai and A. Tawa provided necessary documents and the Ichthyological Society of Japan gave permission for the reproduction of Figs. 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, and 15.7. This study was supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI (grant numbers 20580213, 20K06214).

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Takami, M. (2022). Ecological Diversity of Larval Fishes: Ontogeny of Deep-Sea Demersal Species. In: Kai, Y., Motomura, H., Matsuura, K. (eds) Fish Diversity of Japan. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7427-3_15

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