Clearly Unusual: Transparent Eel Larva Has Nothing to Hide

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Nearly invisible in the water, marine eels in the larval stage could swim right by you and all you’d notice is the slightest movement. Called ‘leptocephalus‘, which means ‘slim head’, eel larva have flattened bodies that contain jelly-like substances on the inside. Unlike many other species, eels remain in…

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