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 figure illustrates the life cycle of

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which is a kind of large fish step by step.

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, we can see that

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’s life cycle has three main stages, and starts with the upper

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to the open sea. In the beginning,

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eggs are put in the bottom of small stones among reeds in the upper

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where the water is slowly moving.

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phase has taken about 6 months. After that, baby

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which are called fry, their length is 3 to 8 centimetres, are going to the lower part of the

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where water has fast flowing, and they spent 4 years in that area.

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after 4 years, the fries are becoming smolt, their length is 12 to 15 centimetres, go to the open sea, spend the rest of their 5 years in that and become adult

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. The length of the adult

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is between 70 to 76 centimetres. In the end, adult

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go into the upper

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for breeding and put their eggs on the small stones.