Observations of large muraenid leptocephali in coastal Indonesia: locations of sightings and behaviour of the larvae

michael j. miller, rob rutgers, barry haythorne, tunc‚ yavuzdog'an, seishoku obata, tony wu, henny rutgers, jerry powell and katsumi tsukamoto Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8564, Japan, Hoensbroek, The Netherlands, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, Ayisigi Diving Center, Bagdat Cad, Istanbul, Turkey, Omiya-shi, Saitama-ken, Japan, Yokohama-shi, Kohoku-ku, Kanagawa-ken, Japan, Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Winterthur, Delaware, USA

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