Table 1.
Comparison of prelarval characters in Sparidae and other species

Species	Water temperature (°C)	Prelarva (mm)	Number of myotomes	References
Acanthopagrus schlegeli	20.0 24.3	1.90 2.11	6 8+14=20 22	Present study
	21 28	1.57	10+12=22	Kim (1970)
	12 20	1.90 2.02	9+17=26	Mito (1963)
	17.2	2.179 0.056	-	Fukuhara (1987)
	16.8 19.0	19.8 0.13	10+12=22	Lee & Rho (1987)
	-	-	6+19=25	Yamada et al (2007)
Acanthopagtrus latus	-	1.98 2.06	-	Leu & Chou (1996)
Sparus sarda	-	3.3	-	Deane et al (2003)
Pagrsu major	-	2-3	-	Pyen & Jo (1982)
	20	2.01 0.06	-	Fukuhara (1984)
	20	2.12	9+17 19=26 27	Mito (1963)
	22.5-23.0	2.35 2.50	8 9+17 18 =25 27	Han & Kim (1999)
	20	1.94 2.12	9+17 18=26 28	Mito (1963)
Oplegnathus fasciatus	22.2	1.59 1.82	10+17=27	Koh (1992)
Girella punctata	14-17	2.27 2.35	11+16=27	Mito (1957)
Gymnocranius griseus	20.0-22.4	1.48 1.50	9+15=24	Suzumiu & Hioki (1978)