The diagram 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 comparison where relevant.

Presented for consideration is a diagram which illustrates information pertaining to the life cycle of

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, the 6-stage process commences with laid eggs and ends with the mating of mature

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Additionally

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, it is evident that

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have three main phases related to their forms.

To begin

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with, the salmon eggs are laid in the bottom of a river with slow flowing where they are surrounded by reeds and rocks for 5 to 6 months.

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, the eggs hatch into newborn fish which are 3-8 cm in length and so-called "fry" enter the lower river with fast flowing for approximately 4 years before they move to the next stage of their lives when they experience minor changes in size. In the following step,

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grow up and turn into "smolt" which is 12-15 cm in length. After that, these

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continue to enter the open sea where they spend around 5 years of their lives living here and flirt with opposite-sexed

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. Once they are grown enough, the "smolt" becomes "adult salmon" which is not only significantly bigger than in size at about 70 to 76 cm, but

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possesses the iconic colour of its flesh.

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, these

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mate with their partners, and

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the female fish turn to the river where they are born in order to reproduce, and

then

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the cycle continues.