Salmonidae

Taxobox
name = "Salmonidae"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Atlantic salmon ("Salmo salar")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
superordo = Protacanthopterygii
ordo = Salmoniformes
familia = Salmonidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
"(see text)"

Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only living family of the order Salmoniformes. It includes salmon, trout, chars, freshwater whitefishes and graylings. The Atlantic salmon and trout of genus "Salmo" give the family and order their names.

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

The Salmonidae (and Salmoniformes) are divided into three subfamilies and around ten genera:

*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 and trout (e.g. Brook trout, Lake trout)
***"Salvethymus"

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
* Dushkina, L.A. "Farming of Salmonids in Russia," Aquaculture & Fisheries Management; Jan1994, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p121-126
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