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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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One of the main differences in the relative abundance of larvae between sampling devices in the central Bahamas is that channel nets collect a large proportion of labrids and leptocephalus larvae (Shenker et al.
Current velocity and catch efficiency in sampling settlement-stage ... by Anderson, Todd; Bartels, Claudine T.; Hixon, Mark A.; Bartels, Erich; Carr, Mark H.; Shenker, Jonath / Fishery Bulletin
It spawns in the Sargasso Sea and the young willow leaf-shaped leptocephalus larva disperses over great distances before it metamorphoses into a transparent glass eel.
Recruitment season, size, and age of young American eels (Anguilla ... by Powles, Perce M.; Warlen, Stanley M. / Fishery Bulletin
Early-metamorphic larvae have a leptocephalus form, with a clear and laterally compressed body.
Nursery habitats for ladyfish, Elops saurus, along salinity gradients ... by McBride, Richard S.; MacDonald, Timothy C.; Matheson, Richard E. Jr.; Rydene, David A.; Hood, Peter / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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