Salmonidae

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Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only family of order Salmoniformes. It includes the well-known salmons and trouts; the Atlantic salmons and trouts of genus Salmo give the family and order their names.

Related Topics:
Family - Ray-finned fish - Salmon - Trout - Genus - Salmo

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Together with the closely-related Esociformes (the pikes and related fishes), the Salmoniformes comprise superorder Protacanthopterygii.

Related Topics:
Esociformes - Protacanthopterygii

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• Family: Salmonidae
• Subfamily: Coregoninae
• Coregonus - Whitefishes
• Prosopium - round whitefishes
• Stenodus - inconnus
• Subfamily: Thymallinae
• Thymallus - Graylings
• Subfamily: Salmoninae
• Brachymystax - lenoks
• Hucho
• Oncorhynchus - Pacific salmon and trout
• Parahucho
• Salmo - Atlantic salmon and trout
• Salvelinus - Char
• Salvethymus
 
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