Anadromous species

DEFINITION
  • Fish that spend their adult life in the sea but swim upriver to freshwater spawning grounds in order to reproduce.
    • United Nations (1997): Glossary of Environment Statis tics. Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 67
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  • Catadromous ,  Diadromous
    • ALTERNATE SPELLING
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