Salmoniformes

Salmons

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Salmoniformes

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Salmo-salar
Oncorhynchus nerka
Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792)
Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758
Nansenia candida Cohen, 1958
Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842)
Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758
Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758

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Tanya Dewey, Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
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Dewey, T. 2007. "Salmoniformes" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed October 26, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Salmoniformes.html. 

 

The salmons group is a relatively small group of fish, but with enormous economic and cultural importance to humans. There are 66 species in one family. All salmons and trout are originally from the northern hemisphere, although they have been introduced throughout the world for food and sport fishing. Many salmon species have a life cycle with both freshwater and marine stages: they are born in freshwater rivers and migrate to the oceans to grow, then migrate back to the freshwater rivers where they hatched to reproduce. Salmons are very popular food fish and are widely fished commercially and for sport.

 
"Salmoniformes". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/5157". Accessed 21 Mar 2010.