Larvae Related Content

Meet the Whalefish Family
Oct 23 2010 - 6:01pm
Whalefish mystery solved! The tapetail is the larva of the family. It transforms into either a male (bignose) or female whalefish. The family name is Cetomimidae.
Squid Babies
Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
These newly hatched squid larvae (Doryteuthis plei) are tinier than the head of a dissecting pin, which is even smaller than a common sewing pin. More about the giant squid can be found in our Giant Squid featured story.