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Q: Why do freshwater eels migrate out to the ocean?
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What types of fish migrate from freshwater to sea?

Shad, salmon, some rainbow trout, eels.


What inviremont do eels live in?

The environment that eels live in is the water. Some types of eels live in the ocean while other types live in freshwater. Many spend their lives in fresh water but return to the ocean to breed.


When a eel stings its prey why does it not shock the whole ocean?

Because Electric Eels are a freshwater fish...


Do electric eels migrate or hibernate?

yes electric eels migrate


Is there salmon in the Pacific Ocean?

Yes. They are born in freshwater, then migrate to the ocean. They come back to the rivers to reproduce.


Where is the Sargasso sea?

It's in the Atlantic Ocean, South from Bermuda & East of the Carribean sea.


Do Electric Eels live in the Atlantic Ocean?

yes No! The live in the Amazon River or Orinoco River, in fresh water. Electric Eels will not be found in salt waters, due to the salt having a protonic effect on the eel's charge causing it to naturally short-circuit. Since electric eels do not have fuses or circuit breakers, this will damage the eel.


Do sharks eat electric eels?

Electric eels lives if freshwater rivers. Sharks almost all live in the open ocean. They just wouldn't meet. So no, Sharks don't eat Electric eels.


Where does a moray eel live?

Moray eels live in kelp forests in warm temperature or lakes full of water grasses like thick freshwater algae forests. For some of you asking do moray eels live in freshwater? Yes they do. Freshwater moray eels.


Can saltwater fish live in freshwater?

No, freshwater fish must be kept in freshwater and saltwater fish must be kept in saltwater. The one exception (that I know of) in nature is salmon which migrate from where they were born (freshwater) to the ocean and then back to where they were born again to breed.


What ocean fish eat meat besides piranha which are freshwater fish?

sharks killer whales tuna-fish eels any other savaging fish


Are there freshwater eels in California?

yes, the european eel (Anguilla Anguilla) is a freshwater eel in California.