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Created: 2024-10-17T16:30:52

fish hatchlings  

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  • Information Recently hatched fish larva that is still too immature to achieve motility, and therefore not yet capable of active feeding. A hatchling still possesses a yolk sac upon which it depends for nutrition.

    Created: 10/17/24

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    Created: 2024-10-17T16:32:55

    sac fry (en)

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  • Hatchling is widely used in aquaculture for fish larvae just out of the egg. It is characterized by the presence of yolk sac hanging below from where it draws its nutrition for 2–3 days. At this stage the mouth is not formed and hence it does not take food from outside. (en)

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