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fry
(English) A young fish at the post-larval stage. May include all fish stages from hatching to fingerling. An advanced fry is any young fish from the start of exogenous feeding after the yolk is absorbed while a sac fry is from hatching to yolk sac absorption. In Salmonidae the stage from end of dependence on the yolk sac as the primary source of nutrition to dispersal from the redd. (See also: postlarva, fingerling, yolk sac)

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