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A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; -- called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling.
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A young leveret.
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A young salmon during its first two years of life, when it lives in fresh water. The young of various other fishes.
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Young salmon and trout up to two years old, distinguishable from smolts by the dark bars (parr marks) on their sides
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Life stage of salmon between the fry and smolt stages. This stage is generally reached by the end of the first summer. At this stage, the young salmon have distinctive parr marks and are actively feeding in fresh water.
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A baby salmon with large dark spots on their sides for camouflage. Salmon parr usually live in freshwater for 1 to 2 years.
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life stage of salmonid fishes, usually in first or second year, when body is marked with parr marks
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a young salmon up to 2 years old
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a juvenile fish, one preparing to leave the fresh waters of its home
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a young salmon with transverse bands living in a river and under two years old
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a young salmonid before --smoltification, still having dark coloration. See also -- precocious male.
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life stage of salmonid fish that extends from the time feeding begins until the fish become sufficiently pigmented to obliterate the parr marks, usually ending during the first year.
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Stripes on the sides of salmon fry; sometimes used instead of 'fry' to refer to juvenile salmon.
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The developmental life stage of salmon and trout between alevin and smolt, when the young have developed parr marks and are actively feeding in fresh water.
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Stream-rearing juvenile salmonids before the smolt lifestage. Parr are typically characterized by distinct parr marks and measure from approximately 50 mm to 70 mm fork length.
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