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Salmon. Salmon ( / ˈsæmən /; pl.: salmon) is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus of the family Salmonidae, native to tributaries of the North Atlantic ( Salmo) and North Pacific ( Oncorhynchus) basins.
The Atlantic salmon was given its scientific binomial name by Swedish zoologist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1758.The name, Salmo salar, derives from the Latin salmo, meaning salmon, and salar, meaning leaper, according to M. Barton, [4] but more likely meaning "resident of salt water" [citation needed].
Oncorhynchus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae, native to coldwater tributaries of the North Pacific basin. The genus contains twelve extant species, namely six species of Pacific salmon and six species of Pacific trout, all of which are migratory (either anadromous or potamodromous) mid-level predatory fish that display natal homing and ...
The Chinook salmon / ʃɪˈnʊk / ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon. [2] Its common name is derived from the Chinookan peoples. Other vernacular names for the species include king salmon, Quinnat salmon, Tsumen, spring salmon, chrome hog, Blackmouth, and Tyee salmon.
Pink salmon or humpback salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is a species of euryhaline ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the type species of the genus Oncorhynchus ( Pacific salmon ), and is the smallest and most abundant of the seven officially recognized species of salmon. The species' scientific name is based on the Russian common ...
Salmonidae. Salmonidae ( / sælˈmɒnɪdiː /, lit. "salmon-like") is a family of ray-finned fish that constitutes the only currently extant family in the order Salmoniformes ( / sælˈmɒnɪfɔːrmiːz /, lit. "salmon-shaped"), consisting of 11 extant genera and over 200 species collectively known as " salmonids " or " salmonoids ".
The coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch; Karuk: achvuun [1]) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family and one of the five Pacific salmon species. Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon (or "silvers") and is often sold as medium red salmon. [2] The scientific species name is based on the Russian common name kizhuch (кижуч).
Description. Eleutheronema tetradactylum has two dorsal fins; the first has 9 spines and the second has 13–15 soft rays, with 13 being the mean. The anal fin has 3 spines and 14–19 soft rays. The pectoral fins have 16–18 rays, and there are 4 pectoral filaments. The upper sides of the head and body have a slight darkish silver tinge ...