Syllabus

Lectures on:

What is a larva?

What do larvae feed on, and how do they feed, match-mismatch theory.

Physical processes, environmental factors.

Age and growth.

Cohorts, recruitment.

Climate change.

Sampling and preservation methods.

Fish egg identification, key identification features, relevant literature and available resources.

Computer identification keys.

The citizen science project “objectif plancton”

Lectures and labs on the identification of the following taxa:

Anguilliformes (Congridae)

Clupeiformes (Clupeidae, Engraulidae)

Stomiiformes (Gonostomatidae, Sternoptychidae, Phosichthyidae, Stomiidae)

Aulopiformes (Synodontidae, Evermanellidae, Scopelarchidae)

Myctophiformes (Myctophidae)

Lampridiformes (Lamprididae, Trachipteridae)

Ophidiiformes (Carapidae, Ophidiidae, Bythitidae)

Gadiformes (Bregmacerotidae, Gadidae, Merluciidae)

Beryciformes (Holocentridae, Diretmidae)

Scorpaeniformes (Scorpaenidae, Cottidae)

Syngnathiformes (Syngnathidae, Fistulariidae)

Atheriniformes (Atherinidae)

Percomorph families:

e.g., Acanthuridae, Acropomatidae, Apogonidae, Ammodytidae, Blenniidae, Callanthiidae, Callionymidae, Carangidae, Chaetodontidae, Champsodontidae, Chiasmodontidae, Coryphaenidae, Gempylidae, Gobiidae, Labridae, Lethrinidae, Lutjanidae, Melamphaidae, Moronidae, Pomacanthidae, Pomacentridae, Rachycentridae, Scombridae, Serranidae, Sparidae, etc.)

Pleuronectiformes (Scophthalmidae, Bothidae, Pleuronectidae, Soleidae)

Tetraodontiformes (Molidae, Diodontidae, Balistidae)