Table 1.
Comparison of egg and larvae characteristics in Characidae fishes

Species	Egg diameter (mm)	Time of hatching (*WT)	Hatching larvae size (mm)	Juvenile (mm)	Reference
Hyphessobrycon anisitsi	0.74±0.07 (0.63 0.91)	16 hrs 13 mins (27.0±0.05°C)	3.84±0.04 (3.78 3.88)	10.9±1.66 (8.63 13.1)	Present study
Hyphessobrycon eques	0.92±0.01 (0.91 0.93)	12 hrs (28.0±0.05°C)	2.89±0.16 (2.76 3.05)	12.5±1.60 (11.9 14.1)	Park et al., 2014
Hydrocynus vittatus	0.65	22 hrs (28.0±1°C)	2.90	-	Steyn et al., 1996
Brycon gouldingi	1.13	13 hrs (26.4±1.12°C)		-	Faustino et al., 2011
Brycon orthotaenia	1.49 3.09	21 hrs 30 mins (24.0°C)	2.87±0.15	-	Gomes et al., 2011
Bryconamericus caucanus	-	28 hrs 20 mins (21.0°C)		-	Montoya et al., 2010
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi	-	20-21 hrs (24.0±0.5°C)	1.44±14.3	-	Ihsan et al., 2012

WT: water temperature