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The tarpons, eels and spiny eels, all of which have a distinctive leaf- or ribbon-like leptocephalus larva, belong to the superorder Elopomorpha. The tarpons are powerful swimmers, much prized as sport fish, particularly in the Atlantic. These silvery fish with large scales contrast sharply with the eels in which the body is much elongated and naked or covered with very small scales.
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© 1981 J. E. Webb, J. A. Wallwork and J. H. Elgood
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Webb, J.E., Wallwork, J.A., Elgood, J.H. (1981). Eels & Herrings. In: Guide to Living Fishes. Classification Guides. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16495-0_11
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