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Eels in Southern Africa

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FIELD work carried out in South Africa and extended into Southern Rhodesia, has enabled me to link the study of the biology of the fresh-water eels with work carried out by Frost in Kenya1, and on material from Northern Rhodesia2. A more detailed report is in preparation but the following may be of interest to other workers.

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JUBB, R. Eels in Southern Africa. Nature 184, 827–828 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184827a0

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