Where
they live!
Most
conger eels live in the Atlantic ocean
and
also in the Sargasso Sea.
They
are found near the rocks in deeper waters. They also live near oyster -
beds.
What
they eat!!
The
Conger eel feeds on fish, lobster,
and
small squids. Eels have a particularly strong
sense
of smell. The conger locates the prey, such
as
other fish, insects, and worms, more by smell
than
by sight.
Size!!!
A male
conger is about 3 1/4 feet in length ,Probably the
height
of your little 6 year old brother. A female conger is 10 feet in length.
The female eel weighs 130 pounds. The weight of the male is about
42.25 pounds.
Other
interesting stuff!!!!
The
female conger eel lays 8 to 10 million
eggs
in there lifetime. Their color can be
gray
or black and sometimes brown. The parents
die
when the eggs hatch and the babies have to find there own
way
across the ocean. The conger eel does not have
scales,
but a small head, and a slippery and slimy
cylindrical
shaped body, and soft spineless
fins.
The transparent larvae are born at depths of
more
than 3,000 feet in the Sargasso Sea, between
Bermuda
and the Mediterranean.
The
larvae are about
4
inches long and become small congers while
living
along the coasts of the Atlantic and the
Mediterranean.
As they grow, the conger eel moves
to
deeper waters. Eels swim in the ocean like
snakes
on land. They flex their entire body in a series of waves. There upper
jaw is longer than the lower jaw. As it grows its' skin darkens!
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Where they live! 
What
they eat! 
Size! 
Other
interesting stuff!!