Juvenile fish
Before the yolk sac completely disappears, the young fish must mature enough to be able to forage independently.Ichthyoplankton are planktonic, meaning they cannot swim effectively under their own power, but must drift with ocean currents.[10] Juvenile coastal fish are drawn to turbid shallow waters and to mangrove structures, where they have better protection from predators.[11][12] As the fish grow, their foraging ability increases and their vulnerability to predators decreases, and they tend to shift from mangroves to mudflats.[13] In the open sea juvenile species often aggregate around floating objects such as jellyfish and Sargassum seaweed.
Whitebait
Elvers
fried fishfish fryyolk-sacscales life stagesfertilizationspawnedimmotilehatchlingsyolk sacforagehuman fingerssexually matureIchthyoplanktonlarvaewater columnepipelagicphotic zoneplanktoniczooplanktonspawningembryonicfin raysnotochordventralmetamorphosismotilityswim bladderforagingfilter-feedsplanktonspredatorsprotective scaleshuman fingerinvertebratesSalmon rungeneric termsbackwatersgravelsstream bedsplanktoncarnivorousanadromousbrackishestuariesosmoregulationcountershadingschoolsschoolingmangrovemudflatsSargassum Whitebaitfishing netsherringsardinesmackerelcritically endangeredeel life historypounds sterlingbeluga caviarMarine Conservation SocietyFish developmentLarvalBaseDiversityEthnoichthyologyEvolutionDiseases and parasitesFishingFisheriesEnvironmental impact of fishing- as foodFear of -FishBaseFish killHypoxia in -IchthyologyAnatomyphysiologyAge determinationAnguilliformitydermalintramembranous ossificationCleithrumChromatophoredorsal finbranchial archgill rakergill slitpharyngeal archpharyngeal slitpseudobranchGlossohyalhyomandibulapharyngeal jawLeydig's organMauthner cellMeristicsOperculumpapillarePapillaPhotophoreRoot effectShark cartilageganoineSpiral valveSuckermouthphysoclistiphysostomepharyngealTeleost leptinsDigital LibrarySensorysystemsAmpullae of LorenziniBarbelHydrodynamic receptionElectroreception and electrogenesisJamming avoidance responseLateral lineOtolithCapacity for painSchreckstoffSurface wave detectionVisionWeberian apparatusReproduction