leptocephalusn.

/lɛptəʊˈsɛfələs/

Etymology: modern Latin (L. T. Gronovius Zoophylacium Gronovianum (1763) I. 135), < lepto- comb. form + Greek κεϕαλή head.

The transparent leaf-shaped larva of a fish of the order Anguilliformes, or eels, or one belonging to the genus Elops or Albula. The larva was first described as a distinct genus; see leptocephalan n., leptocephalid n. at lepto- comb. form , morris n.³

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1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 125 We communicated it [sc. the fish] to that accurate Ichthyologist Doctor Laurence Theodore Gronovius, of Leyden, who has described it in his Zoophylacium, under the title of Leptocephalus, or small head.

1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes xiii. 179 No instance is more remarkable than that of the so-called Leptocephali, which for a long time have been regarded either as a distinct group of Fishes, or as the larval stages of various genera of fishes.

1931 J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes xvi. 336 The first British Leptocephalus was discovered in 1763 by one William Morris near Holyhead.

1971 Nature 2 Apr. 278/3 In January 1930, the Danish Dana Expedition captured a leptocephalus on the Agulhas Bank, south of Africa, which was 184 cm long.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	leptocephalus
释义	leptocephalusn. /lɛptəʊˈsɛfələs/ Etymology: modern Latin (L. T. Gronovius Zoophylacium Gronovianum (1763) I. 135), < lepto- comb. form + Greek κεϕαλή head. The transparent leaf-shaped larva of a fish of the order Anguilliformes, or eels, or one belonging to the genus Elops or Albula. The larva was first described as a distinct genus; see leptocephalan n., leptocephalid n. at lepto- comb. form , morris n.³ ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Anguilliformes > family Leptocephalidae > member of leptocephalus1769 glass-eel1840 leptocephalan1842 leptocephalid1882 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 125 We communicated it [sc. the fish] to that accurate Ichthyologist Doctor Laurence Theodore Gronovius, of Leyden, who has described it in his Zoophylacium, under the title of Leptocephalus, or small head. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes xiii. 179 No instance is more remarkable than that of the so-called Leptocephali, which for a long time have been regarded either as a distinct group of Fishes, or as the larval stages of various genera of fishes. 1931 J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes xvi. 336 The first British Leptocephalus was discovered in 1763 by one William Morris near Holyhead. 1971 Nature 2 Apr. 278/3 In January 1930, the Danish Dana Expedition captured a leptocephalus on the Agulhas Bank, south of Africa, which was 184 cm long. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1769
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