Salmon are anadromous, meaning they live in the sea but ascend rivers to spawn; eels are catadromous, living in rivers and streams, but returning to the sea to breed.
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The Rahway River is home to four anadromous fish species ( fish that spawn in freshwater and live in saltwater ) and one species of catadromous fish species ( fish that spawn in salt water and live in freshwater ).
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The truth is that unlike salmon, shad, striped bass and other anadromous fish that live in the sea but ascend freshwater rivers to spawn, eels do the exact opposite, putting them among a select group of catadromous fish.
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Some particular types of migration are anadromous, in which adult fish live in the sea and migrate into fresh water to spawn, and catadromous, in which adult fish live in fresh water and migrate into salt water to spawn.
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River herring, gizzard shad, and white perch are all anadromous ( adults spawn in freshwater; juveniles migrate to saltwater ); whereas American eel are catadromous ( adults spawn in the ocean; the young migrate to freshwater habitats ).
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""'Percalates " "'is a recently resurrected genus containing the medium-sized, predatory, catadromous fish Australian bass ( " Percalates colonorum " ), which are endemic to coastal rivers and estuaries of south-eastern Australia.
