Estrella Malca is a larval fish ecologist with CIMAS and the Southeast Fisheries Science Center, where she studies the mostly secret life of larval fish, especially highly migratory species such as tunas, billfishes and reef fish such as lionfish, groupers and snappers.
Figure caption: A young juvenile lionfish (~40mm) was cleared and stained to highlight its internal structure. Specimen courtesy of L. Vasquez-Yeomans, ECOSUR, Chetumal, Mexico. Photo by Eric Fortman.
Figure caption: Postflexion larval lionfish (~15mm) illustrated by Amanda Levine and collected along the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System in Mexico. By Estrella Malca, March 29, 2021
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