. Fishes. Fishes. 366 The Apodes, or Eel-like Fishes falls will be astonished at the enormous numbers of young eels crawling over the slippery rocks and squirming in the seething whirlpools. An estimate of hundreds of wagon-loads, as seen in the course of the perilous journey referred to, would hardly be considered excessive by those who have visited the spot at a suitable season of the ; "At other times large eels may be seen on their way down-stream, although natu- rally they are not as conspicuous then as are the hosts of the young on their way up-stream. Nevertheless it is n
. Fishes. Fishes. 366 The Apodes, or Eel-like Fishes falls will be astonished at the enormous numbers of young eels crawling over the slippery rocks and squirming in the seething whirlpools. An estimate of hundreds of wagon-loads, as seen in the course of the perilous journey referred to, would hardly be considered excessive by those who have visited the spot at a suitable season of the ; "At other times large eels may be seen on their way down-stream, although natu- rally they are not as conspicuous then as are the hosts of the young on their way up-stream. Nevertheless it is now a well- assured fact that the eels are catadromous, that is, that the. _j,^. '^/Vt^.-ii!',' -« «^^T IiG. 270.—Common Eel, Anguilla chrisypa Rafinesque. Holyoke, Mass. old descend the watercourses to the salt water to spawn, and the young, at least of the female sex, ascend them to enjoy life in the fresh ; The Food of the Eel.—Eels are among the most voracious of all fishes. They devour dead flesh and they will attack any fish small enough for them to bite. They are among the swiftest of fishes. They work largely at night, and devour spawn as well as grown fishes. " On their hunting excursions they overturn huge and small stones alike, working for hours if necessary, beneath which they find species of shrimp and crayfish, of which they are exceed- ingly fond. Of shrimps they devour vast numbeis. Their noses are poked into every imaginable hole in their search for food, to the terror of innumerable small fishes. Larva of the Eel.—The translucent band-shaped larva of the common eel has been very recently identified and described by Dr. Eigenmann. It is probable that all true eels, Enchely-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York
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