The remarkable life cycle of the eel, a catadromous fish found all over the globe. The remarkable lifecycle of the eel, a catadromous fish found all over the globe, in fresh and salt water ...

They are anadromous. Catadromous fish do the opposite; they spend their adult lives in freshwater and return to saltwater to spawn.

Contrarily, catadromous fish spawn in saltwater and mature in freshwater. American wels, also found in Town Brook, are the only catadromous fish in North America.

A fish that is born in the ocean and then migrates to freshwater to mature before returning to the ocean to spawn is a catadromous fish. Salmon have the opposite type of cycle.

There is only one eel species native to Pennsylvania, the American eel. This is a catadromous fish, meaning they spawn in salt water and live their adult life in fresh water.

THE terms âœanadromousâ and âœcatadromousâ are employed to distinguish fish which leave the sea to spawn in fresh water and fish which migrate from fresh water to the sea when they reach ...

That makes them the only catadromous fish in our watershed. The American eel is not a loveable creature. Adults are 3-4 feet long.