Eels: an exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso,of the world's most mysterious fish

摘要

In New York, we're familiar with the seasonal parade of nature: shadbush blooming in spring or the crimson tide of maple leaves each autumn. Many of us are not aware of another phenomenon that happens in almost every New York coastal river and stream each spring: the arrival of thousands of tiny "glass eels." The eel is a fish that many people have heard of, but few people know. In his book Eels: an exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the world's most mysterious fish, author James Prosek travels far into the eel kingdom to shed light on this secretive fish.