The diagrams below show the life cycle of a species of large fish called the salmon
The diagram gives information about the cycle life's of salmon. Overall, it can be seen that The developmental stages of salmon occur in some places and lasts for a certain time. There are several stages of its life, which is started from eggs until becoming adult salmon.
The growth of salmon begin when eggs from adult salmon laid out at small stones under the reeds, which in the upper river with slow moving water flows. Those eggs are placed particular places in order to protect them from distractions from the surrounding environment. This stage occurs approximately 5 to 6 months. After baby salmon, fry, hatched from the egg, they will grow up to 3-8 cm. With the size of its body, they will move to lower river with fast flowing water and they will be continue to live in this place around 4 years.
Growing from fry to smolt, this fish has bigger size, with a length of about 12 up to 15 cm. This smolt fish will swim to open sea, which is becoming their new habitat for 5 years. Once they had grown into an adult salmon, they will reach their maximum size at 70.76 cm. This adult salmon characterized by mature body and ready for breeding their eggs, so that they will be move to their origin place, the upper river.
The diagram gives information about the cycle life's of salmon. Overall, it can be seen that The developmental stages of salmon occur in some places and lasts for a certain time. There are several stages of its life, which is started from eggs until becoming adult salmon.
The growth of salmon begin when eggs from adult salmon laid out at small stones under the reeds, which in the upper river with slow moving water flows. Those eggs are placed particular places in order to protect them from distractions from the surrounding environment. This stage occurs approximately 5 to 6 months. After baby salmon, fry, hatched from the egg, they will grow up to 3-8 cm. With the size of its body, they will move to lower river with fast flowing water and they will be continue to live in this place around 4 years.
Growing from fry to smolt, this fish has bigger size, with a length of about 12 up to 15 cm. This smolt fish will swim to open sea, which is becoming their new habitat for 5 years. Once they had grown into an adult salmon, they will reach their maximum size at 70.76 cm. This adult salmon characterized by mature body and ready for breeding their eggs, so that they will be move to their origin place, the upper river.
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