THE EEL FAMILY 205 



smallest in my collection was 8|- inches long, and was taken 

 in the beam trawl. 



Mr. Jackson, of the Southport Aquarium, found that of a lot 

 of congers taken when only 2 or 3 lbs. weight, one died after 

 about two years weighing 21 lbs. and with greatly enlarged 

 roes, another after four years when it weighed 69 lbs., another 

 after five and a half years when it weighed 90 lbs. The age 

 and size therefore at which the development of the roes takes 

 place are very different in different individuals. 



