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Old 03-17-2005   #10 (permalink)
bekko
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This is after at least 25 hours. It was a beautiful day in paradise and the temp is back up to 24 C. The big glob in the center is the yolk sack. The developing fish is wrapped around the yolk sack. You can see the head forming at about the 2-3:00 position to the right of the yolk. There are two egg-shaped objects near the perimeter of the egg at the 2-3:00 position which will become the eyes. The body then wraps around the back of the yolk sack and you see the tail end coming around from left to right (below the equator) in front of the yolk sack. The end of the tail terminates back where the head is. If you can find the little 'V's or chevrons - that is the tail musculature. The developing vertebrae can be seen in the middle of the tail section.

At this point, the developing larva is starting to move inside the egg. I had to wait for it to quit wagging its tail before taking the photo.

Tomorrow, there will probably be a fungus among us. With any luck, they could start hatching tomorrow night.

-steve

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