Salmonidae

Salmonidae

Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Salmoniformes
Family:	Salmoniformes

Genera

see text

Salmonidae is the salmon family of fishes, in the order Salmoniformes.

Subfamilies

Coregonus - whitefishes and ciscos
Prosopium - round whitefishes

Thymallus - graylings

Salmoninae
- Oncorhynchus - Pacific salmon and trout
- Salmo - Atlantic salmon and trout
- Salvelinus - char

Further Reading

Trout and Salmon of North America, Robert J. Behnke, Illustrated by Joseph R. Tomelleri, The Free Press, 2002, hardcover, 359 pages, ISBN 0-7432-2220-2