This guide presents the egg and larval descriptions of 100 species of fishes belonging to
55 families, which are most likely to be present in plankton samples collected in the continental
shelf and oceanic waters of the Western Mediterranean Sea. The guide is structured in two
parts. The first introductory part describes the different applications of ichthyoplankton
studies in fisheries research, the main sampling strategies, methods and gears, the early life
history of fishes and how to identify them. A brief historical account of ichthyoplankton
identification studies in the Mediterranean Sea is also provided. The second part of the guide
contains the identification sheets of the species. Each species sheet includes the following
information: illustration of the adult fish and information on its habitat and spawning season;
description of the main features useful towards identifying the egg, yolk sac and larval stage
of each fish species; illustrations and (when available) photos of the different life stages.Versión del edito
