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

The given diagram illustrates various stages in the

life

of a

salmon

.

Overall

, there are seven main steps in the development of the

salmon

over approximately eight years, from

eggs

to mature fish. It is

also

noticeable that the natural process lasts from hatching

eggs

to being mature and spawning. In the first stage of the

life

cycle, in the freshwater environment,

eggs

take around three months to hatch into the baby

salmon

, which is called the Alevin. After that, it feeds off the yolk sac for several weeks and spends five to ten weeks developing into the Fry and having the ability to swim. In the following steps of the

life

cycle, the

salmon

experiences some physical changes. It develops " finger" markings. One to ten years later, it grows quickly in size and heads out to the sea. After the smolt period, the adult stays in the ocean

between

Change preposition

for between

show examples

one and six years.

Finally

, the

salmon

reaches the spawning adult period when it returns to the freshwater environment in order to lay

eggs

and die within two weeks and the

life

cycle starts again