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American eels begin their lives as eggs hatching in the Sargasso Sea, a 2-million-square-mile warm-water lens in the North Atlantic between the West Indies and the Azores. After hatching, the buoyant eel eggs float to the ocean surface and hatch into small, transparent larvae shaped like willow leaves.
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www.fws.gov/northeast/AmEel/facts.html
www.fws.gov/northeast/AmEel/facts.html
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American eels begin their lives as eggs hatching in the Sargasso Sea, a 2-million-square-mile warm-water lens in the North Atlantic between the West Indies and the Azores. They take years to reach freshwater streams where they mature, and then they return to their Sargasso Sea birth waters to spawn and die.
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www.fws.gov/northeast/ameel/index.html
www.fws.gov/northeast/ameel/index.html
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American eel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The American eel , Anguilla rostrata , is a catadromous fish found on the eastern coast of North America. It has a snake-like body with a small sharp pointed head. It is brown on top and a tan-yel...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_eel
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Some larvae are drawn by currents towards the Gulf of Mexico. American eels have also been found as far north as Greenland, and as far south as the West Indies.
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www.nanfa.org/fif/Ameel.shtml
www.nanfa.org/fif/Ameel.shtml
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The American eel, Anguilla rostrata, is a smooth and snake-like fish. American eels are found throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed, from creeks and ponds to the deep, swift channels of the Bay. ... American eels are found throughout the Bay watershed, from creeks and ponds to the deep, swift channels of the Bay.
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www.chesapeakebay.net/american_eel.htm
www.chesapeakebay.net/american_eel.htm
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American eels in the Chesapeake reach an average size of about two and a half feet, with females generally growing larger than males. In some places, females can grow to five feet.
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www.mdsg.umd.edu/issues/chesapeake/other_species/eels/
www.mdsg.umd.edu/issues/chesapeake/other_species/eels/
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American eels in the Chesapeake reach an average size of about two and a half feet, with females generally growing larger than males. In some places, females can grow to five feet.
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www.mdsg.umd.edu/goto.php?area_id=3045&anchor=
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American eels are very widespread found upwards into Greenland down to southern Brazil. Always on the east coast. The American Eel is absoulutely unmistakable, except when compared to the European Eel. Cigar shaped, snake-like, dark in color and notoriously slimy.
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aquariacentral.com/fishinfo/brackish/eel.shtml
aquariacentral.com/fishinfo/brackish/eel.shtml
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