Template:Medaka timeline table
From Embryology
| Stage | Time | Event |
| 0 | Unfertilized eggs | |
| 1 | 3 min | Activated egg |
| 2 | Blastodisc | |
| 3 | 1 h 5 min | 2 cell |
| 4 | 1 h 45 min | 4 cell |
| 5 | 2 h 20 min | 8 cell |
| 6 | 2 h 55 min | 16 cell |
| 7 | 3 h 30 min | 32 cell |
| 8 | 4 h 5 min | Early morula |
| 9 | 5 h 15 min | Late morula |
| 10 | 6 h 30 min | Early blastula |
| 11 | 8 h 15 min | Late blastula |
| 12 | 10 h 20 min | Pre-early gastrula |
| 13 | 13 h | Early gastrula |
| 14 | 15 h | Pre-mid-gastrula |
| 15 | 17 h 30 min | Mid-gastrula |
| 16 | 21 h | Late gastrula |
| 17 | 1 day 1 h | Early neurula (head formation) |
| 18 | 1 day 2 h | Late neurula (optic bud formation) |
| 19 | 1 day 3 h 30 min | 2 somite |
| 20 | 1 day 7 h 30 min | 4 somite |
| 21 | 1 day 10 h | 6 somite (brain regionalization and otic vesicle formation) |
| 22 | 1 day 14 h | 9 somite (appearance of heart anlage) |
| 23 | 1 day 17 h | 12 somite (formation of tubular heart) |
| 24 | 1 day 20 h | 16 somite (start of heart beating) |
| 25 | 2 days 2 h | 18–19 somite (onset of blood circulation) |
| 26 | 2 days 6 h | 22 somite (development of guanophores and vacuolization of the notochord) |
| 27 | 2 days 10 h | 24 somite (appearance of pectoral fin bud) |
| 28 | 2 days 16 h | 30 somite (onset of retinal pigmentation) |
| 29 | 3 days 2 h | 34 somite (internal ear formation) |
| 30 | 3 days 10 h | 35 somite (blood vessel development) |
| 31 | 3 days 23 h | Gill blood vessel formation |
| 32 | 4 days 5 h | Somite completion (formation of pronephros and air bladder) |
| 33 | 4 days 10 h | at which notochord vacuolization is completed |
| 34 | 5 days 1 h | Pectoral fin blood circulation |
| 35 | 5 days 12 h | at which visceral blood vessels form |
| 36 | 6 days | Heart development |
| 37 | 7 days | Pericardial cavity formation |
| 38 | 8 days | Spleen development (differentiation of caudal fin begins) |
| 39 | 9 days | Hatching |
| 40 | 1st fry | |
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