Fish that spend their adult life in the sea but swim upriver to freshwater spawning grounds to reproduce
Fish that spend their adult lives in the sea but swim upriver to freshwater spawning grounds to reproduce (Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, 1990)
Anadromous fish are species that spawn (breed and lay eggs) in freshwater environments but spend at least part of their adult life in a seawater environment Examples include salmon, river herring (alewife), and striped bass
A fish which spawns in freshwater and lives most of it's life at sea e g Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
Fish that spend their adult lives in the sea but swim upriver to freshwater spawning grounds to reproduce
Characterizing that hatch in fresh water, mature in salt water, and return to fresh water to breed; for example, salmon Compare with catadromous
Species of fish that hatch and initially grow in freshwater, migrate to and mature in the ocean, and return to freshwater as adults to spawn (such as salmon or steelhead trout)
Anadromous fish live most of their lives in saltwater and return to freshwater to spawn These fish are highly specialized to endure the changes in salinity Other common anadromous species occurring in the Chesapeake Bay include American shad, hickory shad, blueback herring, alewife herring, striped bass and Atlantic sturgeon Pacific salmon are also anadromous The American eel is known as a catadromous species It lives most of its life in freshwater and returns to the marine environment of the Sargasso Sea to spawn
Pertaining to fish that spend a part of their life cycle in the sea and return to freshwater streams to spawn, for example, salmon, steelhead, and shad Contrast with Catadromous ADVANCE\x 540
A term applied to fish which live their adult lives in the ocean, but travel upstream to spawn in fresh water
adj - Fish that are born in freshwater, grow up in the sea and migrate back to the stream of their birth to reproduce
A life history strategy of fish in which fish use a marine environment for the primary feeding and growing, and a freshwater environment for spawning (see also: resident)
Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc
Tending upwards; said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem