This is the first description of the embryonic and early larval development of laboratory-reared (4-8°C) Dissostichus eleginoides. Specimens were periodically sampled to describe egg and larval development. Eggs were spherical (3.1-3.5 mm diameter) and had a transparent chorion and slightly rough surface, with 28 oil globules located around the germinal pole. Eggs incubated between 30 and 33 days until hatching. At day 18 post-hatching, the yolk sac was absorbed by vitellogenic larvae (8-13 mm total length), after which, the fin rays started to develop, pigmentation increased, and main melanophore aggregation zones were distinguished on the posterodorsal part of the head, the intestine, and before the caudal peduncle. The hypural complex was fully formed by day 57 post-hatching (49-53 mm standard length).
