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English name, it will be given after a dash. A common name can belong to many species.
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Miller, Michael J. (2009). "Ecology of
Anguilliform Leptocephali: Remarkable Transparent Fish Larvae of the Ocean Surface Layer".
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120:that was used for species of larval
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1244:Synaphobranchus dolichorhynchus
747:Leptocephalus pseudolatissimus
429:Della Croce & Castle, 1966
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1236:Leptocephalus dolichorhynchus
1148:Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902
1100:Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902
1061:Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902
997:Leptocephalus saurencheloides
958:Leptocephalus lateromaculatus
773:Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1901
684:(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
558:Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902
384:Leptocephalus inferomaculatus
333:Jordan & Richardson, 1909
269:) – Southern Atlantic conger
197:Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902
140:larvae, found in the western
1296:Aqua-BioScience Monographs 2
1277:) – pignosed arrowtooth eel
1207:Leptocephalus lanceolatoides
1058:Leptocephalus caudomaculatus
471:Leptocephalus microphthalmus
1158:Leptocephalus ophichthoides
1005:Facciolella saurencheloides
966:Saurenchelys lateromaculata
623:) – purple-mouthed conger
246:Leptocephalus candidissimus
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1266:Leptocephalus telescopicus
1251:Leptocephalus proboscideus
973:Leptocephalus longirostris
902:Leptocephalus curvirostris
785:Leptocephalus tuberculatus
730:Leptocephalus anguilloides
540:Leptocephalus retrotinctus
211:Leptocephalus hyoproroides
182:Leptocephalus brevirostris
1219:Leptocephalus lanceolatus
1178:) – sharptail snake-eel
985:Leptocephalus oxyrhynchus
914:Leptocephalus oxycephalus
718:Leptocephalus ingolfianus
654:Leptocephalus trilineatus
620:Pseudophichthys splendens
600:Leptocephalus spallanzani
548:Bathycongrus retrotinctus
543:Jordan & Snyder, 1901
513:Leptocephalus orbignyanus
501:Jordan & Snyder, 1901
474:Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928
456:Leptocephalus mauritianum
348:Jordan & Snyder, 1901
168:There are 16 families of
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1231:Family Synaphobranchidae
1195:Saccopharynx ampullaceus
1187:Leptocephalus latissimus
1145:Leptocephalus mucronatus
1109:Leptocephalus hexastigma
1082:Leptocephalus echeloides
837:Leptocephalus forsstromi
755:Eurypharynx pelecanoides
737:narrownecked oceanic eel
701:Leptocephalus mongolicus
662:Bathycongrus trilineatus
528:Leptocephalus pellucidus
441:Leptocephalus marginatus
372:Leptocephalus inaequalis
285:Leptocephalus congroides
219:Kaupichthys hyoproroides
1182:Family Saccopharyngidae
1167:Leptocephalus undulatus
1041:Leptocephalus giganteus
943:Leptocephalus bellottii
926:Leptocephalus polymerus
890:Leptocephalus canaricus
869:Leptocephalus acuticeps
770:Leptocephalus diptychus
612:Leptocephalus splendens
467:) – blunt tooth conger
437:) – spotted garden eel
426:Leptocephalus maculatus
399:Leptocephalus inornatus
392:Gorgasia inferomaculata
345:Leptocephalus erebennus
338:Rhynchoconger ectenurus
330:Leptocephalus ectenurus
300:Leptocephalus cotroneii
293:Heteroconger congroides
1259:Dysommina proboscideus
1097:Leptocephalus gilberti
1070:Leptocephalus crenatus
1065:spotted spoon-nose eel
1012:Leptocephalus stylurus
951:Nettenchelys bellottii
938:Family Nettastomatidae
822:Leptocephalus euryurus
802:Leptocephalus arabicus
742:Family Eurypharyngidae
585:Leptocephalus scheelei
498:Leptocephalus nystromi
486:Leptocephalus morrisii
452:) – bandtooth conger
414:Leptocephalus lineatus
258:Leptocephalus capensis
160:is strongly in doubt.
1444:Paleobiology Database
1214:short-tooth sawpalate
1202:Family Serrivomeridae
1121:Leptocephalus humilis
1090:Ophichthus echeloides
1024:Leptocephalus urosema
878:Leptocephalus andreae
849:Leptocephalus similis
844:purplemouth moray eel
797:Family Muraenesocidae
681:Leptocephalus wilsoni
669:Leptocephalus vitreus
650:) – bandtooth conger
627:Leptocephalus stenops
566:) – bandtooth conger
551:) – blackedge conger
524:) – Argentine conger
482:) – bandtooth conger
410:) – bandtooth conger
360:Leptocephalus gussoni
326:) – bandtooth conger
315:Leptocephalus eckmani
242:) – bandtooth conger
231:Leptocephalus affinis
194:Leptocephalus grassii
1175:Myrichthys breviceps
1133:Leptocephalus mollis
1036:Family Notacanthidae
864:Family Nemichthyidae
810:Gavialiceps arabicus
725:duckbill oceanic eel
713:Family Derichthyidae
639:Leptocephalus taenia
596:) – tropical conger
570:Leptocephalus sanzoi
516:(Valenciennes, 1837)
464:Ariosoma mauritianum
273:Leptocephalus conger
41:Leptocephalus conger
1274:Dysomma brevirostre
1226:Bean's sawtooth eel
1053:Family Ophichthidae
1048:giant leptocephalus
992:Facciola's sorcerer
792:swollengut worm eel
647:Ariosoma balearicum
563:Ariosoma balearicum
506:Gnathophis nystromi
479:Ariosoma balearicum
449:Ariosoma balearicum
407:Ariosoma balearicum
323:Ariosoma balearicum
266:Gnathophis capensis
239:Ariosoma balearicum
1152:margined snake eel
873:southern snipe eel
830:Anarchias euryurus
781:) – spaghetti eel
765:Family Moringuidae
521:Conger orbignianus
434:Heteroconger hassi
308:Gorgasia cotroneii
177:Family Anguillidae
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1254:Lea, 1913
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1104:sooty eel
1027:Lea, 1913
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893:Lea, 1913
852:Lea, 1913
825:Lea, 1913
124:, called
104:See text.
54:Kingdom:
1357:Q6527979
1351:Wikidata
144:and the
100:Family:
71:Chordata
66:Phylum:
59:Animalia
1470:ZooBank
1397:2367692
1298:: 1–94.
164:Species
146:Red Sea
138:congrid
90:Order:
78:Class:
1449:301601
1436:556253
1423:635368
1371:202082
1314:genus"
94:Varies
1457:Plazi
1410:89445
1384:92D4X
118:genus
116:is a
1498:Eels
1431:NCBI
1418:ITIS
1392:GBIF
1366:BOLD
152:and
122:eels
1379:CoL
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