Eel

Auguilla acutirostris. The common eel lives in the Eel ( Anguilla anguilla ). North Atlantic and its rivers. The sexes do not differ externally. The male reproductive organs (spermaries) differ from the ovaries in being narrow and lobulated. Eggs when ripe are visible to naked eye, and a six-pound eel will produce nine millions at a spawning. Female eels descend rivers to lay eggs in brackish water, where the males arrive in early winter. The males rarely go into fresh water. It is a popular error that the Lamper Eel is the "mother of eels." The LAMPREY (q.v.) belongs to a different cla of Vertebrates. The Electric Eel belongs to a different order of Fishes.