Eulachon are an anadromous forage fish and are endemic to the northeastern Pacific Ocean; they range from northern California to southwest and south-central Alaska and into the southeastern Bering Sea.
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Anadromous
//əˈnæd.ɹə.məs//
Synonyms for "anadromous" (1 found)
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13 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- نَهْرِيَّةُ السَّرْءِ adj (of migratory fish)
- نَهْرِيُّ السَّرْءِ adj (of migratory fish)
Catalan
2 entries- anàdrom adj (of migratory fish)
- anàdrom adj (of a fern)
Dutch
1 entries- anadroom adj (of migratory fish)
Finnish
2 entries- anadrominen adj (of migratory fish)
- anadrominen adj (of a fern)
French
1 entries- anadrome adj (of migratory fish)
Greek
1 entries- ανάδρομος adj (of migratory fish)
Italian
3 entries- anadroma adj (of a fern)
- anadromo adj (of migratory fish)
- anadromo adj (of a fern)
Polish
1 entries- anadromiczny adj (of migratory fish)
Portuguese
2 entries- anádromo adj (of migratory fish)
- anádromo adj (of a fern)
Russian
2 entries- анадро́мный adj (of migratory fish)
- проходно́й adj (of migratory fish)
Spanish
1 entries- anádromo adj (of migratory fish)
Welsh
1 entries- esgynnol adj (of migratory fish)
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Shads and most species of salmon are anadromous.
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Alewives are anadromous fish: Born in freshwater, they spend their lives in the ocean, returning annually to their birthplaces to spawn.
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Bird migration routes favor marshes and river valleys, as do, more obviously, the movement of anadromous salmon and, the mirror image, catadromous eels, to mention only two of the numerous migrating fish species.
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