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Salmonidae
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Protacanthopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genera
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Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only living family of the order Salmoniformes. Atlantic salmon, known scientifically as Salmo salar, is a species of Fish in the family Salmonidae, which is found in the northern Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates The Actinopterygii (the plural form of Actinopterygius) comprise the class of the ray-finned fishes. Protacanthopterygii is the Taxon Superorder of bony ray-finned Fish. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic In Biological classification, family ( Latin The Actinopterygii (the plural form of Actinopterygius) comprise the class of the ray-finned fishes. This article is about the taxonomic rank for the sequence of species in a taxonomic list see Taxonomic order In scientific classification used It includes salmon, trout, chars, freshwater whitefishes and graylings. Salmon is the common name for several species of Fish of the family Salmonidae. Trout is the common name given to a number of Species of Freshwater Fish belonging to the Salmonidae family Salvelinus is a Genus of salmonid Fish, often called char or charr; many of the fish called " Trouts quot also The freshwater whitefish are fish of the Subfamily Coregoninae in the salmon family Salmonidae. Thymallus is a Genus of Freshwater Fish in the Salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order The Atlantic salmon and trout of genus Salmo give the family and order their names. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic See Salmo British Columbia for the Canadian village of the same name

Together with the closely-related Esociformes (the pikes and related fishes) and Osmeriformes (e. Esociformes is a small order of ray-finned fish, with two families the Umbridae (mudminnows and the Esocidae (pikes Osmeriformes is an order of Ray-finned fish that includes various kinds of Smelts Noodlefishes and the odd-looking Barreleyes The g. smelts), the Salmoniformes comprise the superorder Protacanthopterygii. Smelts are a Family, Osmeridae, of small Anadromous Fish. They are common in the North American Great Lakes and in the lakes This article is about the taxonomic rank for the sequence of species in a taxonomic list see Taxonomic order In scientific classification used Protacanthopterygii is the Taxon Superorder of bony ray-finned Fish.

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

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