FIGURE 4. Dendrochirus barberi larvae. A in The lionfishes: Comparative development of Pterois volitans, Dendrochirus barberi, and D. hemprichi (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) and discrimination of their early life stages from non-pteroine scorpaenid genera in the Western North Atlantic

FIGURE 4. Dendrochirus barberi larvae. A. cranial & opercular spination at 8.6 mm; B. 9.1 mm; C. 11.0 mm; D. 12.2 mm; E. 14.0 mm. Pigment enhanced in some images for detail purposes. All lengths in mm standard length (SL). Scale bar = 1.0 mm.