#microscopemonday ! Check out this larval fish, found by graduate student Miguel Montalvo in a preserved sample of plankton and larval fishes. Many marine fishes spend their young lives as pelagic larvae—swimming in the water column. Most don’t look like their parents at this stage, and undergo dramatic transformations as they grow to their adult form. The ribbon-like larval stage shown in this video is called a leptocephalus, meaning slender head. #fish #fishtok #marinescience #science #sciencetok #deepseafish #gulpereel #larvalfish #leptocephalus #underthemicroscope #preservedfish #fishcollection #fishresearch #ichthyology #ichthyologist #fishfacts #pelicaneel #eellarvae #fishlarvae #eel #deepseaeel