It may look nothing like an eel, but the Atlantic tarpon is related to these ancient snakelike fish. The evidence of this is to be found by looking at the tarpon’s newly hatched young.
Both eels and
tarpon lay eggs. These bring forth out into ribbonlike hatchlings (youthful stages) regarded as leptocephali. The likenesses among the larval stage of both the aforementioned species intend that there is undoubtedly they are related. However, they closely look like one another when completely grown.The leptocephali, which look truly contrasting from the adults,migrate to beachfront zones. There they finish their growth and transform into the grown-up shape.
This relationship between tarpon and eels has had a long time to develop.
