Available information on eggs (Castle, 1984) indicates they are of large diameter, with smooth chorion, segmented yolk, and wide perivitelline space. Leptocephali with W-shaped myomeres, numbering more than 100 in most species (Charter and Moser, 1996a). Identification of larvae to family level can be based on morphological and pigmentation features pointed out by Smith (1979), Blache (1977) and Castle (1984).
Families treated:
Family Chlopsidae (false morays)
Family Congridae (conger eels)
Family Derichthydae (longneck eels)
Family Muraenidae (morays)
Family Nemichthydae (snipe eels)
Family Nettastomatidae (duckbill eels)
Family Ophichthidae (snake eels and worm eels)
Family Serrivomeridae (sawtooth eels)
Family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels)
Table Anguilliformes
22 geographic zones