The diagram illustrates the life cycle of salmon, a large species of fish. Overall, the salmon goes through four major stages in life. Beginning with the upper river with salmon eggs and ending up up with the open sea. Adult salmon lay eggs on small stones and reeds in the upper river where water is slow-moving. In about five to six months, the eggs hatch and baby salmon come out. There are only 3 to 8 centimeters long in this stage. From the upper river baby salmon which is called frys, move to the fast-moving lower river where they live approximately 4 years. By this time, they have become s smolts with a length of 12 to 15 centimeters and then they migrate to the open sea where they live approximately 5 years. Finally, adult salmon which measures 70 to 76 cm in length return to the upper river where they were born and lay eggs to start the process all over again.
The diagram illustrates the life cycle of salmon, a large species of fish.
Overall
, the salmon goes through four major stages in life. Beginning with the
upper
river
with salmon eggs and ending
up up
with the open sea. Adult salmon lay eggs on
small
stones and reeds in the
upper
river
where water is slow-moving. In about five to six months, the eggs hatch and baby salmon
come
out. There are
only
3 to 8 centimeters long in this stage. From the
upper
river
baby salmon which
is called
frys
,
move
to the
fast
-moving lower
river
where they
live
approximately 4 years. By this time, they have become s
smolts
with a length of 12 to 15
centimeters and
then they migrate to the open sea where they
live
approximately 5 years.
Finally
, adult salmon which measures 70 to 76 cm in length return to the
upper
river
where they
were born
and lay eggs to
start
the process all over again.