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 image illustrates the category of fish species that are of substantial size namely the

salmon

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.

It is clear that

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the life cycle consists of three distinct stages, commencing from the downstream portion of the

river

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and progressing towards the upstream section.

Firstly

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, the fry, which has a 3-8 cm body size, lives in the lower

river

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, which has a fast-flowing current, for approximately 4 years.

Subsequently

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, when the body of the

salmon

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grows up to 12-15 cm, called a smolt, it moves to the open sea for roughly 5 years.

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, the adult

salmon

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migrates to the upper

river

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. In

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phase, it produces eggs and deposits them on the reeds with small stones, as

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place is slow-moving. The eggs will stay and hatch after about 5-6 months. In the final stage, the newborn baby

salmon

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will move back naturally to the first stage at the lower

river

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, and the cycle will be repeated.