Crossword-Solution: ALEVINS 7 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 10

The water is at that time very cold, the development of the alevins is slow, and it is not until the latter part of May that the yolk sack is fully absorbed.

For three to four months the eggs develop, and eventually there emerge the larvæ or _alevins_, which lurk among the pebbles.

This sac is gradually absorbed but until it is absorbed the young fish are called "alevins." At first the little fish do not require any food, but they generally begin to feed in about six weeks, and before the yolk-sac is completely absorbed.

The rearing boxes should be kept partly covered, and the alevins will crowd into a pack in the darker parts at the bottom of the hatching tray.

There are, however, several diseases besides fungus (of which I have spoken already when dealing with the ova) from which the alevins may suffer.