Family

Salmonidae

25 species · Animals

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758

Salmo trutta (brown trout) is a popular game fish with native Eurasian North African range, widely introduced globally.

Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758

Salmo salar, the Atlantic salmon, is the largest species in the genus Salmo, a cold-water anadromous fish native to the North Atlantic.

Marble Trout

Salmo marmoratus Cuvier, 1829

Salmo marmoratus, the marble trout, is a threatened freshwater salmonid with a distinct marbled pattern native to the Adriatic basin.

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)

Oncorhynchus mykiss, the rainbow trout, is a widely introduced salmonid popular as food and game fish.

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792)

Oncorhynchus kisutch, coho salmon, is a Pacific salmon species with distinct life phase coloration and semelparous reproduction.

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, the Chinook salmon, is the largest Pacific salmon with an anadromous life cycle across the North Pacific.

Coastal Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus clarkii (Richardson, 1836)

Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) are a variable North Pacific trout native to western North America with distinct throat markings.

Golden Trout

Oncorhynchus aguabonita (Jordan, 1892)

Oncorhynchus aguabonita, the golden trout, is a distinct California-native trout species introduced across North America and the UK for sportfishing.

Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792)

Oncorhynchus nerka, the sockeye salmon, is a Pacific salmon with distinct color changes, anadromous and non-anadromous life cycles, and clear sexual dimorphism.

Pink Salmon

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792)

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, or pink salmon, is a widespread cold Pacific salmon harvested commercially for food and caviar.

Chum Salmon

Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792)

Oncorhynchus keta, the chum salmon, is a widely distributed Pacific salmon with low but growing commercial value.

Cherry Salmon

Oncorhynchus masou (Brevoort, 1856)

Oncorhynchus masou, the masu salmon, is a North Pacific salmonid found along East Asian coasts with several recognized subspecies.

Lahontan Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus henshawi (Gill & Jordan, 1878)

Oncorhynchus henshawi (Lahontan cutthroat trout) is a large freshwater trout native to the Lahontan basin of the western United States.

Rocky Mountain Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus virginalis (Girard, 1856)

Oncorhynchus virginalis, the Rocky Mountain cutthroat trout, is a variable native trout of western US watersheds threatened by human-caused habitat loss.

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814)

This is a detailed description of the brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis, covering its appearance, range, habitat, reproduction, and life cycle.

Dolly Varden

Salvelinus malma (Walbaum, 1792)

Salvelinus malma (Dolly Varden trout) is a fish found in North Pacific coastal waters and northern Asia, with three distinct life cycle forms.

Arctic Char

Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) is a circumpolar salmonid fish, the northernmost freshwater fish, harvested as food with a flavor between trout and salmon.

Bull Trout

Salvelinus confluentus (Suckley, 1859)

Salvelinus confluentus, the bull trout, is a large char species native to cold North American waters, sometimes confused with other fish called Dolly Varden.

Lake Trout

Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum, 1792)

This is a description of the physical traits, size variation, and native and introduced range of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush).

Arctic Grayling

Thymallus arcticus (Pallas, 1776)

Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) is a cold-water fish with distinct physical features, varied ranges, and a defined spring-spawning life cycle.

European Grayling

Thymallus thymallus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Thymallus thymallus, the European grayling, is a freshwater fish that is economically important for sport and commercial aquaculture.

Cisco

Coregonus artedi Lesueur, 1818

Coregonus artedi (cisco) is a debated North American freshwater whitefish, defined narrowly as one species or broadly as all continental North American lake ciscoes.