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Slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes
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leptocephalus
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n. the larva of an eel, flat in shape and transparent
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n. slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes [also: leptocephali (pl)]
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Leptocephalus (meaning "slim head") is the flat and transparent larva of the eel , marine eels, and other members of the superorder Elopomorpha . This is one of the most diverse groups of teleosts, containing 801 species in 24 orders, 24 families, and 156 ...
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Back in 1930, a leptocephalus larva was caught by a Danish research vessel off the coast of South Africa.