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Inanga life cycle

Diagram of the inanga life cycle.

Inanga usually live for 1 year, with 6 months of that is spent at sea – floating as part of the ocean’s plankton mass – before they return to the rivers and move upstream to live in freshwater, where they grow into adults.

Rights: Artwork by: Bruce Mahalski
Published: 10 March 2014Size: 644.3 KB