Diet
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Feeds on freshwater and marine fauna
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Distribution
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Rivers of North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean seas. Continuous introductions to Asia and South and Central America, but not reproducing. Spawning area in western Atlantic (Sargasso Sea). Also distributed along the coast of Europe from the Black Sea to the White Sea
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Habitat
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Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters.Spawning occurs in Sargasso Sea, leptocephali drift for about 3 years across Atlantic to brackish waters, after several years, return migration back to Sargasso Sea.
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Habitat
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benthic
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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