The diagram below shows the life cycle of a salmon, from egg to adult fish.

The diagram illustrates the life cycle of

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fish including different stages from its egg

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to adulthood. Looking from an

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perspective, it is readily apparent that the

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fish goes through eight phases to fully grow from their hatching period, and they live in three different areas - river, estuary, and ocean. In the first

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, adult

salmon

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fishes lay

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in rivers and incubate

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there. After emerging from

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, the infant

salmon

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spend their next

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in freshwater, and

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stage

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is called emergence.

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, they stay in freshwater to grow

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. Following that, these fishes go to river estuaries where their rearing continues. At

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, their size becomes a bit larger. Afterwards, the maturing fishes migrate to the ocean and eventually become adults.

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, grownup salmons move to the river for spawning and lay

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.

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the life cycle, which repeats over and over again, starts.