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IN the course of the Danish investigations on the life-histories of the fresh-water eels (1904–1931) important data about the congers have been obtained. I hope it will be possible some time to give a more detailed picture of the history and distribution of the fresh-water eels and congers of the various oceans. Referring to my earlier publications,1–8 I propose here to deal with the relation between the European and the American conger, which is generally referred to the same species as the European one. The investigation is mainly based upon a study of the larvæ and their distribution.
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SCHMIDT, J. Eels and Conger Eels of the North Atlantic. Nature 128, 602–604 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128602a0
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