Salmonidae

Salmonids
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Superorder:	Protacanthopterygii
Order:	Salmoniformes
Family:	Salmonidae
Genera
(see text)

Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only living family of the 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.

Together with the closely-related Esociformes (the pikes and related fishes), the Salmoniformes comprise the superorder Protacanthopterygii. Salmonids are the primary aquacultural interest of Russia. The ability of the Salmonids to live and prosper in Russia depends on two distinct factors. The first factor of which is the high temperatures and the coastal storms in Southern Russia. The other factor is the extreme temperatures and ice of Northern Russia over long periods of time. The ability of these Salmonids to adapt is crucial to Russian fishing culture.

• 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
• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Salmonidae". FishBase. October 2004 version.
• "Salmonidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 12 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Order Salmoniformes". FishBase. October 2004 version.