ALL meanings of leptocephalus
lep·to·ceph·a·lus
L l - noun plural leptocephalus a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes. 1
- noun leptocephalus The larva of an eel, flat in shape and transparent. 1
- noun leptocephalus the slender transparent oceanic larva of eels of the genus Anguilla that migrates from its hatching ground in the Caribbean to European freshwater habitats 0
- noun leptocephalus the marine, ribbonlike larva of tarpons, bonefishes, and eels 0