the slender transparent oceanic larva of eels of the genus Anguilla that migrates from its hatching ground in the Caribbean to European freshwater habitats
Examples of 'leptocephali' in a sentence
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Such a disruption of the oceanic food webs could further compromise the survival of leptocephali.
John Jeffrey Govoni 2010, 'Feeding on protists and particulates by the leptocephali of the worm eels Myrophisspp. (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), and the potential energy contributionof large aloricate protozoa', Scientia Marinahttp://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1164. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition, the transcript levels of glucose and fructose transporters were significantly raising in the leptocephali.
Hsiang-Yi Hsu, Shu-Hwa Chen, Yuh-Ru Cha, Katsumi Tsukamoto, Chung-Yen Lin, Yu-SanHan 2015, 'De Novo Assembly of the Whole Transcriptome of the Wild Embryo, Preleptocephalus,Leptocephalus, and Glass Eel of Anguilla japonica and Deciphering the Digestive andAbsorptive Capacities during Early Development', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0139105. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)