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leptocephalus
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leptocephalus /lep·to·ceph·a·lus/ (lep″to-sef´ah-lus) a person with an abnormally tall, narrow skull.
leptocephalus [lep″to-sef´ah-lus]
a person with an abnormally tall, narrow skull.
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Changes in otoliths strontium:calcium ratios in metamorphosing Conger myrisaster leptocephali.
A shell of its former self: can Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864 larval ... by Zacherl, Danielle C.; Morgan, Steven G.; Swearer, Stephen E.; Warner, Robert R. / Journal of Shellfish Research
Species assemblages of leptocephali in the Sargasso Sea and Florida Current.
Recruitment of larval Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) to ... by Warlen, Stanley M.; Able, Kenneth W.; Laban, Elisabeth H. / Fishery Bulletin
His work cemented the connection between eels and their young (scientists once considered leptocephali to be a group of species separate from eels) and firmly established the eel as a long-distant migrant.
Gone eating: luck and science face off in two eel-seeking adventures by Pennisi, Elizabeth / Science News
 
 
 
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