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Illustration showing the metamorphosis of the American eel (Anguilla rostrata), with seven stages labeled A to G. The top three show increasingly larger transparent larvae, followed by three transitional forms, and ending with a more developed, elongated glass eel.
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Metamorphosis of the American eel (Anguilla rostrata). (A–C) Larvae, or...
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