Five different developmental stages, neurula (1), hatching (48 h post-fertilization) (2), pectoral fin budding (96 h post-fertilization) (4), mouth opening (144 h post-fertilization) (6), and eye pigmentation (168 h post-fertilization) (7) were compared directly to each other in all possible combinations (Loop design).All experiments were perfomed by dye swap hybridizations. Keywords: time-course