The 5 Stages of Fish Metamorphosis
Like other organisms, fishes undergo metamorphosis too. Metamorphosis, the term commonly used for animals (synonymous with ‘evolution’ for humans) is a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching. It involves relatively abrupt change in animal’s body structure through cell growth and differentiation. While most fishes undergo complete metamorphosis (“holometaboly”) , there are some that undergo incomplete metamorphosis (“hemimetaboly”) , and in very rare cases, no metamorphosis at all (“ametaboly”). Tilapia (O. niloticus) , Bangus (C. chanos) , Pompano (Tranchinotus) , and Seabass (C. striata) are examples of fish species that undergo complete metamorphosis. This type of metamorphosis consists of 5 stages namely: a) egg, b) larva, c) fry, d) juvenile fish, e) adult fish. It’s not that hard to picture the 5 stages of fish metamorphosis as it is closely alike to the humans’ stages of life. During mating the egg becomes fertilized and whether br