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The Aspredo Cat fish

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The Aspredo Cat fish.jpg The young of the common Eel and its metamorphosisThumbnailsStomias Boa. From a depth of 1,900 metresThe young of the common Eel and its metamorphosisThumbnailsStomias Boa. From a depth of 1,900 metresThe young of the common Eel and its metamorphosisThumbnailsStomias Boa. From a depth of 1,900 metresThe young of the common Eel and its metamorphosisThumbnailsStomias Boa. From a depth of 1,900 metres

In one of the 'cat-fishes'—the Aspredo—the mother carries the eggs about with her, and this is managed in a very remarkable way. Just at the time she lays her eggs, the skin of the under surface of her body becomes swollen and spongy, and into this she presses her eggs by lying on them. Here, snugly sheltered, they remain till hatched!