Life-Cycle of the Atlantic salmon ( First Nature 2006)



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Alevins


When the baby salmon is ready, it bursts free from the egg's soft shell and lies buried under the gravel. At this stage it is called an alevin, and it gets nourishment from a yolk sac, hanging down beneath its neck.


Alevins – newly hatched young fish
(Picture: Nick Giles)



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