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obtaining a male specimen ; but up to this time only females had been 

 found. The sizes ranged from 92 to 58 em., ten of them being less 

 than 76 cm. (2 ft. 6 inches) which is the limiting size given by Cun- 



FiG. 1. — Abnormal Gonad of Conger. 



A, anterior ; A^, posterior end of right (normal) gonad. 



B, anterior ; W, posterior end of left (abnormal) gonad. 



0, egg-bearing lamellae ; f, fat-tissue along attachment edge 



of ovary ; f ^, fat-tissue along the free edge of ovary, 

 p, peritoneal tissue (mesoarium). 



ningham* for male Conger. Subsequently I have obtained two males, 

 of 61 cm. (24 inches) and 50 cm. (20 inches) out of twenty trawl- 

 caught Conger ranging from 77 to 50 cm. in length. 



* J. T. Cunningham, "On the Reproduction and Development of the Conger" 

 {Jotmi. M.B.A., vol. ii, N.S., p. 31). 



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