Table 1 Comparison between developmental and morphological characteristics of eggs, larvae, and juveniles from fish belonging to the serranidae family

Species	Egg diameter (mm, mean±SD)	Time of hatching (*WT)	Size of the hatching larvae (mm, mean±SD)	Size of the juveniles (mm, mean±SD)	References
Epinephelus akaara	0.74±0.02 (0.71–0.77)	27 h (22.5°C)	2.10±0.11 (2.02–2.17)	33.6±2.33 (31.9–35.2)	Present study
Epinephelus akaara	0.70–0.77	23–25 h (25.1–27.0°C)	1.45–1.56	-	Ukawa & Higuchi, 1966
Epinephelus akaara	0.71–0.82	25 h 30 min (25.0°C )	1.65	-	Song & Noh, 1998
Epinephelus septemfasciatus	0.85	48 h (21.5–23.5°C)	1.74	32.9	Park et al., 2014
Epinephelus bruneus	0.90	32 h (25.0°C)	2.02	10.5	Lee & Go, 2003
Epinephelus striatus	0.92	27–29 h (23.0–30.0°C)	1.86	13.5	Allyn et al., 1992
Epinephelus fasciatus	-	-	1.30–1.40	12.4	Kawabe et al., 2009
Cromileptes altivelis	0.83	20 h 10 min (27.0–28.0°C )	1.70–1.80	-	Bulanin et al., 2005

*WT: water temperature.