? Salmonidae
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Superorder: Protacanthopterygii Order: Salmoniformes Family: Salmonidae
Genera
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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. Download high resolution version (801x366, 21 KB)Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). ... Binomial name Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, from the Latin words Salmo meaning salmon, and salar meaning leaper) is a fish species of the Salmonidae family found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into the Atlantic. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow up to 58 long and 126 pounds. ... Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou subsp) Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fishes belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... Species (see text) Salmo Linnaeus, 1758, is a genus of fish in the salmon family (Salmonidae) that includes many familiar species of salmon and trout. ...

Together with the closely-related Esociformes (the pikes and related fishes), the Salmoniformes comprise superorder Protacanthopterygii. Families Esocidae (pikes) Umbridae (mudminnows) Esociformes is a small order of ray-finned fish, with two families. ...

• Family: Salmonidae
  • Subfamily: Coregoninae
    • Coregonus - Whitefishes
    • Prosopium - round whitefishes
    • Stenodus - inconnus
  • Subfamily: Thymallinae
    • Thymallus - Graylings
  • Subfamily: Salmoninae
    • Brachymystax - lenoks
    • Hucho
    • Midlandus - Atlantic salmon, rare, mainly found Ireland/Wales
    • Oncorhynchus - Pacific salmon and trout
    • Parahucho
    • Salmo - Atlantic salmon and trout
    • Salvelinus - Char and trout (e.g. Brook trout, Lake trout)
    • Salvethymus

Species (see text) For other uses of the term Whitefish, see Whitefish. ... Species (see text) For other uses of the term Whitefish, see Whitefish. ... For other uses of grayling see Grayling. ... For other uses of grayling see Grayling. ... A grayling can refer to a A type of freshwater salmonid fish: Specifically, Thymallus thymallus, the grayling proper, or Generically, any fish of genus Thymallus, the graylings Grayling butterfly, Hipparchia semele, common on heathlands in Britain Grayling is also the name of several places: Grayling, Alaska Grayling, Michigan Grayling Township... Binomial name Hucho hucho (Linnaeus, 1758) The huchen (Hucho hucho) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes. ... Species See text The genus Oncorhynchus --derived from the Greek words onkos (hook), rynchos (nose)--contains the Pacific salmon and trout species. ... The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow up to 58 long and 126 pounds. ... Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou subsp) Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fishes belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. ... Species (see text) Salmo Linnaeus, 1758, is a genus of fish in the salmon family (Salmonidae) that includes many familiar species of salmon and trout. ... Species (see text) Salvelinus is a genus of Salmonid fish, referring to Char or Charr. ... Binomial name Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814) The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is a species of fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes. ... Binomial name Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum, 1792) Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in northern North America. ...

References

• Behnke, Robert J. Trout and Salmon of North America, Illustrated by Joseph R. Tomelleri. 1st Chanticleer Press ed. New York: The Free Press, 2002. ISBN 0-7432-2220-2
• "Salmonidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2004 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2004.
• Salmonidae (TSN 161931). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. N.p.: Integrated Taxonomic Information System, 2004. Accessed on 12 December 2004.
• "Salmoniformes". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2004 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2004.