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Salmons and Trouts
Salmoninae
Salmon /ˈsæmən/ is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. Other fish in the same family include trout, char, grayling and whitefish. Salmon are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus Salmo) and Pacific Ocean (genus Oncorhynchus). Many species of salmon have been introduced into non-native environments such as the Great Lakes of North America and Patagonia in South America. Salmon are intensively farmed in many parts of the...
8 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 132 known species
Pacific Salmons and Trouts
genusOncorhynchus
Atlantic Salmons and Trouts
genusSalmo
Chars
genusSalvelinus
Atlantic Trout × Chars
genushybridSalmo × Salvelinus
Taimens
genusHucho
Lenoks
genusBrachymystax
Japanese Taimens
genusParahucho
Pacific Trout × Chars
genushybridOncorhynchus × Salvelinus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 342904.