Аннотация:Late embryonic and larval development of the carpet sole Liachirus melanospilos was followed untilcompletion of metamorphosis and transition to the juvenile state. Illustrations and morphological descrip-tions of the early developmental stages are presented. The material of L. melanospilos was obtained from ich-thyoplankton samples (Central Vietnam) and incubated under laboratory conditions at a temperature ofabout 24°C. Taxonomic identification of the species was carried out based on the analysis of a partialsequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene.