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Fig. 2. Similar stripes with different melanophore numbers and colors in D.
rerio and D. nigrofasciatus juveniles. (A,B) D. rerio;
(C,D) D. nigrofasciatus. (A) The ventral primary melanophore stripe
of D. rerio consists of numerous gray-black metamorphic melanophores
(arrow). Melanophores persisting from embryonic stages at the site of the
early larval ventral melanophore stripe (arrowhead) are browner than
metamorphic melanophores. (B) In the D. rerio dorsal primary
melanophore stripe, a few melanophores at the ventral edge are brown in color
(arrowhead), where a few melanophores are derived from the early larval stripe
pattern. (A',B') Schematics of fish shown in A and B, showing
black and brown melanophores. No attempt is made to precisely delineate
individual melanophore boundaries. (C) Unlike in D. rerio, the
ventral primary melanophore stripe of D. nigrofasciatus includes
numerous brown melanophores (arrowhead), in addition to black melanophores
(arrow). (D) Detail showing D. nigrofasciatus brown melanophores
(arrowhead) and black melanophores in the ventral primary melanophore stripe.
(C',D') Schematics of fish shown in C and D.
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