It was a conger eel, which managed to wriggle, half dead as it was, into a puddle of the brackish water.
King: As to the heir of Orkney, since the time you sent him to the right about, I never got so much as a conger eel from his hand.
One discovery I made regarding them and that is, that they form a dainty dish for the huge conger eels which abound among the rocks, and about this bait I must presently tell a little more.
There are all varieties, from speckled trout and mackerel, up to conger eels, horse mackerel, and porpoises.
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conger eel
The visual sensitivity of thecongereel.
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Until recently, mosasaurs were assumed to swim in a similar method used today by thecongereelor sea snakes.
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The conger eels were caught by hook and immediately eviscerated in situ.
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It was also the site for "glatting" which was the hunting of conger eels by dogs.
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Herring and mackerel were the main products, but plaice, cod and conger eels were also fished.
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The species will include all the beach species, but now also include big conger eels and small sharks like tope and smoothhound.
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Juveniles can be preyed upon by dogfish or conger eels, which are prey for adult tilefish.
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