Figure 3.

Early growth of the cuckoo catfish (S. multipunctatus) compared to a non-parasitic congener. Notochord length of the cuckoo catfish (solid line) and congeneric S. lucipinnis (dashed line) plotted from 2 dpf to 6 dpf. Arrows indicate the timing of key life-history events. Hatching of S. lucipinnis occurs around 1 dpf, but no notochord length measurements at this stage were obtained. Therefore, placement of the dashed circle for S. lucipinnis hatching is for illustration purposes only. Error bars indicate ±1 s.d., and there are no error bars for 2 dpf cuckoo catfish because the datum is from a single specimen.