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Title: Moray Eel Planktonic Larval Stage, Indonesia
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A planktonic leptocephalus larva of an unidentied moray eel (Muaenidae) drifts as part of the plankton, before it will settle on the seabed as an adult. This image shows it circling in a defensive posture. Photographed in open water, at night. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea
- Bitung
- blackwater
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Fishes
- Indonesia
- Lembeh Strait
- leptocephalus larval stage
- Marine Life
- Molucca Sea
- Moray Eels: Morays: Muraenidae
- North Sulawesi
- pelagic
- plankon
- South East Asia
- tropical
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