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

The diagrams illustrate the life

cycle

of a

salmon

, highlighting the growth in three different phases:

fry

, smolt, and adult

salmon

.

Overall

, the life

cycle

of a

salmon

involves several transformations that occur in three different places of the water body.

Initially

, the creature begins its life

cycle

from a

salmon

egg

that is

hidden in between small stones and reeds of a

slow moving

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river

, specifically in the upper

river

area for around five to six months. Afterwards, the eggs hatch into a

fry

where the species is now approximately 3-8 centimetres. The

fry

then

move

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to the lower area of the

river

where water flows more rapidly and

remain

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there for about four years. During

this

time, the

fry

grows into a smolt, reaching a body length of 12-15 centimetres.

Then

, the smolt migrates onto an open sea area where it continues to develop for five years,

and

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eventually transforming into an adult

salmon

with an impressive size of 70-75 centimetres. The

cycle

repeats itself when the adult

salmon

lay

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its eggs on the upper

river

.