A researcher takes a close look at a leptocephalus found on a Texas beach. Screengrab from Facebook video by Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. Squirming creatures with long, ...

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The larvae of eels and other related species are called small heads or in the fancier Greek, Leptocephalus. The video above should give you some insight into this moniker. Unlike fish larvae, ...