Table 2. Comparison of post-larvae melanophore distribution in Sparidae and Oplegnathidae fishes (present: +; absent: -).

Species	Melanophore distribution
	Postlarvae( mm )	Otocyst	Dorsal	Ventral	Center of tail	Front of eye	Oil globule	Back of head	Abdomen
Pagrus major (Present study)	4.66	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+
Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Kang et al., 2014)	4.45	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+
Oplegnathus punctatus (Park et al., 2015)	8.83	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-
Oplegnathus fasciatus (Ko & Kim, 1992)	4.49	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-