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Millions Of Eels
Teho Teardo
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Blixa Bargeld
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The eggs hatch within a week of deposition in the Sargasso Sea
Fertilization is external
The adult eels are presumed to die after spawning
The leptocephalus is the larval form, a stage strikingly different
From the adult form the eels will grow into
They are transparent with a small pointed head and large teeth
The laterally compressed larvae are passively transported to the coastal waters
By the surface currents of the Gulf Stream system
As they enter the continental shelf, leptocephali metamorphose into glass eels
They are transparent and possess the typical elongate and serpentine eel shape
Young eels use selective tidal stream transport to move up
As they enter coastal waters, the animals essentially transform
Out of the Sargasso Sea
Out, out, out, out of the Sargasso Sea
Out of the Sargasso Sea
(Out, out, out, out, out, out, out, out, out, out, out, out)
Out, out, out, out of the Sargasso Sea, out of the Sargasso Sea
Glass eels become progressively pigmented
As they approach the shore, these eels are termed elvers
The melanic pigmentation process occurs in coastal waters
At this phase of the life cycle, the eel is still sexually undifferentiated
The yellow eels is the sexually immature adult stage of eel
They begin to develop a yellow color and a creamy or yellowish belly
Sexual differentiation occurs during the yellow stage
As the maturation process proceeds, the yellow eel metamorphoses into a silver eel
The silvering metamorphosis results in morphological and physiological modifications
That prepare the animal to migrate back to the Sargasso Sea
Back to the Sargasso Sea
Back, back, back to the Sargasso Sea
Back to the Sargasso Sea
Back, back, back, back, back
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