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plants, watching for jirfy. Sometimes they are taken by still-fishing in the deep 

 waters of lakes and streams. A large, lively, silver-sided shiner appears more apt 

 U) entice them than do other baits. Like the Chain Pickerel, they are taken through 

 the ice. Tij)-uj) fishermen fre(|uently get them. 



References. Allen, '14: Hean. '03; Hensley, '15; Clenuns, '24; Dymond, 'j(); 

 KmlxKly, 15. '22: FiirlH-s and Richardson, 'cx;: Fowler, '13; Greeley, '27: Hankin- 

 son, 'oS; Henshall, '19; Kendall, '17. '24; Marshall and GilWrt, 05; Xceilham, 

 '22; Nichols and Heilner, '20; I'earse, '18, '21 : Preble, "08; Keighard, '15; Sibley, 

 '22; Stafford, '04; Ward, '18; Wilson, '16; Wright and .Mien. '13. 



Anguilla rostrata (LeSueiir). Kf.l. This is an important market fish in 

 the lake wlunce mure than lOO tons have lieen taken in a single year. It is the 

 only tish in the lake, and for that matter, the f>nly known fish, that sjHMids most 

 of its life in fresh water and then migrates to the sea to breed, and. furthermore, 

 breeds exclusively in the sea. Xo fish has a more remarkable and interesting life 

 history, and aljout few if any others are there so maiiy erroneous i<leas and 

 superstitions current. 



Breeding Habits and Life History. Information on the life history of the 

 F.el is simimarized by .\. Meek ('lO. pp. 148-159), Smith ('13) and I^igenmann 

 ( '01 ) and .Schmidt ( 25). Meek ('16, j). 149) says: "The eels sjKiwn in the deep 

 waters of the ocean, the fresh-water eels with ap])roaching maturity migrating 

 from the fresh waters of western Furopc and eastern .\merica far into the .Atlan- 

 tic for the pur()ose; the eggs give rise to larvae, called Lept<Kei)hali, and the larvae 

 drift in the ocean currents towards the coasts of the .Atlantic, where they change 

 into elvers ; the elvers migrate up the rivers, and the eel> s|)end many years fee<ling 

 and growing until maturity imi)els them to return to the place of their origin." 



The spawning ])l.nce had Ix-en unknown till Jobs. Schmidt made jniblic his stud- 

 ies, Iwsed on extensive observations as to the distribution of the larvae of Ixnh the 

 European (.Inf/iiilla vtdiiaris) and the .\njerican l-"el. The breeding place apjR'ars 

 tobelK'tween Hermuda and the West Indies. alKiut 22''-3o" North latitude and 1)C- 

 tween 48' and 65° West longitude, for the I-'ur<»|jean Fel (Schmidt. '25. pi>. 2«;6, 

 308), and for the .American Iu-1 ( I.e.. pp. 2^)7. 3t>8) an area more to the west : but 

 there is gre.it overlapping of the ranges of the two s|H.-cies (p. 3»t8). The breeding 

 range of the .American Fel appears U> U- to the north of the West Indies, with 

 its center to the west and south of the breeding area of the l'.nro[>ean s|H-cies. 

 There is a possiliility of the breeding place varying from year to year (I.e., p. iq/d). 

 The time of spawning for the Furo|)ean Fel (p. 2<»7) U-gins in late winter and early 

 .spring and lasts to well on in the summer. Schmidt considers it prol>ai»Ie that the 

 .American sin-cies breeds earlier (p. 3«V)». The larvae are true |Klagic organisms 

 (p. 3(X)). The I-".nro|Kan I'.el s]H-nds alwiut three years in the lar\-al stage iK-forc 

 completing the metamori>bosis into the adult form (p. 303), while with the .Ameri- 

 can Fel the time is much shorter. aNuit a year (p. 3<»'». Meek ('i«>, pp. 149. 

 154) further informs us concerning the life history of .\merican and the Furo|X'an 

 Fel, as follows: "The small I.eptmephali are caught in the current of the Gulf 

 Stream and carried towards the coast over an area extending from Greenlaml to 

 northern Africa. Feeding is apjurently confined to the early portion of the 



