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Johannes Schmidt

Danish biologist
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  • American eel (Anguilla rostrata)
    eel
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    …to 1930, a Danish biologist, Johannes Schmidt, established the early life history of the European (Anguilla anguilla) and American freshwater eels (A. rostrata) and claimed that both species reproduced within the Sargasso Sea before using ocean currents to disperse to their respective freshwater habitats in Europe and North America. Although…

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    …to 1930, a Danish biologist, Johannes Schmidt, established the early life history of the European (Anguilla anguilla) and American freshwater eels (A. rostrata) and claimed that both species reproduced within the Sargasso Sea before using ocean currents to disperse to their respective freshwater habitats in Europe and North America. Although…

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