Preliminary Guide to the Identification of the Early Life History Stages of the Families Luvaridae, Pempheridae, Merluccidae, and Melanonidae of the Western Central North Atlantic;Technical memo

摘要

The Louvar, Luvarus imperalis, family Luvaridae, occurs in tropical and temperate marine waters worldwide and have been reported from: eastern Atlantic; eastern Pacific; North and South western Atlantic; and New Zealand. Luvaridae belongs to super family Luvaroidea of suborder Acanthuroidei which consists of about 453 species distributed among 5 families. Most of these families are associated with coral reef habitats as adults except pelagic Luvaridae, which is best known by its only known representative, Luvarus imperialis.