The diagrams below show the life cycle of a species of large fish called the salmon. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given picture depicts the circulation of

salmon

life

during the period of over nine years.

Overall

, it obviously can be seen that there are three main phases in the

salmon

’s mature progress.

Furthermore

, the cycle

life

of

salmon

records that

salmon

inhabits the freshwater area in the two early periods of its

life

before moving to the sea in the

last

stage. In the first period of

salmon

life

, the

salmon

eggs are covered by reeds and small stones under the riverbed.

This

stage lasts for approximately 5 to 6 months at the upper

river

with slow-moving. The eggs

then

are cracked and turned into the baby

salmon

which is called ‘fry’. The fry is incredibly tiny with

the

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size of 3-8 cm but they are ready to relocate to the lower

river

and begin the new progress of their

life

. The fry

have

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lived in the fast-flowing area of the

river

for about four years and their size grows to 12-15 cm.

After

this

development, they are called ‘smolt’. The smolt

then

leave

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the freshwater area and move to a wider environment for their maturity. In the period of approximately five years, the smolt

settle

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in the open sea. Their size is up to 70-76 cm and now they are ‘adult

salmon

’. The mature

salmon

continue their

life

in the ocean before turning back to the upper

river

to prepare for their reproduction.