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catadromous fish

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migration patterns

  • common wildebeest
    In migration: Catadromous fish

    Catadromous fish spend most of their lives in fresh water, then migrate to the sea to breed. This type is exemplified by eels of the genus Anguilla, numbering 16 species, the best-known of which are the North American eel (A. rostrata) and the…

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  • ocean zonation
    In marine ecosystem: Migrations of marine organisms

    …of the Sargasso Sea (catadromous migrations), where they die. Eel larvae, called leptocephalus larvae, drift back to Europe in the Gulf Stream.

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