TERM: Description of glossary term.
Fish related glossary
larva
In cichlids, a stage of development that follows hatching. The larva is incompletely developed, in many ways much like an embryo and is therefore helpless. The plural is larvae.
Referencia
Barlow, George. 2002. "The Cichlid Fishes (Nature's Grand Experiment in Evolution)". Perseus Publishing. 352 - (ffm03927)