#leptocephalus

[xiphosuras]

Riding the winds

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Eel larvae are almost completely transparent.

📽: HRF U/W Production

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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.

[wtfearth123]

Leptocephalus is the flat and transparent larva of the eel, marine eels, and other members of the superorder Elopomorpha. Leptocephali all have laterally compressed bodies that contain transparent jelly-like substances on the inside of the body and a thin layer of muscle with visible myomeres on the outside.

[souperluminal]

Artober 13: Flat

[ketrinadrawsalot]

The Inverse Space Leptocephalus is a rare sight. Not only is its ribbon-like body transparent, but it is also extraordinarily thin, appearing as a barely-visible line when looked at head-on. Once thought to be a new species, they are actually the larval form of asteroid-dwelling Eel.

[ash3]

Deepwater ghosts

[zerostatereflex]

Leptocephalus, the transparent larva of the eel. 

Leptocephalus,(meaning "slim head") is the flat and transparent larva of the eel. This is one of the most diverse groups of teleosts, containing 801 species in 24 orders, 24 families, and 156 genera.”

“This group is thought to have arisen in the Cretaceous period over 140 million years ago.“

[pnkrathian]

what if I told you this was my fursona