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Freshwater Eels: American and European Life Cycle
The text explains American eels along North American Atlantic shores and European eels along Europe's Atlantic coast and the Mediterranean. Both species begin life in the Sargasso Sea where the female lays eggs and dies. Larvae drift as translucent willow leaf shapes, then become glass eels and later elvers as they approach coasts.
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Atlantic
North America
Europe
Mediterranean Sea
Sargasso Sea