spawning migration
Migration of fishes to a spawning site or area, occurring in certain fishes. Variable in extent.
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Ichthyological terms, not general ones.
anadromous
Migrating from marine to freshwater environments in order to spawn, as many salmonids do for example.
amphidromy
A form of diadromy in which fishes migrate between fresh and marine water as part of their life cycle for some purpose other than spawning, e.g., newly-hatched, arvae may be swept downstream into the sea where they spend a period of time before migrating back into fresh water to mature and eventually reproduce.
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