Larvae very conspicuous. Body deep, more than 50 % of body length. Three or four loops in posterior half of gut, which is 67 to 80% of body length. Head long, sharply pointed. Myomeres from 80 for Cyema atrum, to 105-125 for Leptocephalus holti. Pigmentation on each gut loop, and laterally on vertebral cord (Leptocephalus holti).
Table Cyemidae
22 geographic zones