Using light and electron microscopy, a study of the development of the lateral line system of the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax , from embryo to adult, revealed that the first free neuromasts appeared on the head shortly before hatching and multiplied during the larval stage. They were aligned on the head and trunk in a pattern which corresponded to the location of future canals. The transition to the juvenile stage marked the...

Structural development and lipid absorption in anterior intestine of gilt‐head sea bream Sparus aurata , were studied by light and electron microscopy during three stages of post‐embryonic development: (1) the endotrophic period from hatching day (day 0) to mouth opening day (day 3); (2) the endo‐exotrophic period from days 3 to 15; (3) the exotrophic period after day 15. During the 2 days following hatching, there was no trac...