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Family: Salmonidae Salmonids



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Brachymystax lenok Lenok Asia 70 TL 1773
Brachymystax savinovi Asia 47 TL 1959
Brachymystax tumensis Asia 1930
Coregonus albellus Europe 26 SL 1890
Coregonus albula Vendace Europe 48 TL 1758
Coregonus alpenae Longjaw cisco North America 45.6 TL 1924
Coregonus alpinus Europe 25 SL 1885
Coregonus anaulorum Asia 1996
Coregonus arenicolus Europe 55 SL 1997
Coregonus artedi Cisco North America 57 TL 1818
Coregonus atterensis Europe 40 TL 1997
Coregonus austriacus Europe 26 SL 1909
Coregonus autumnalis Arctic cisco Europe 65 SL 1776
Coregonus baerii Europe 57 SL 1864
Coregonus baicalensis Asia 60 TL 1874
Coregonus baunti Asia 1948
Coregonus bavaricus Europe 24.1 SL 1909
Coregonus bezola Europe 32 SL 1888
Coregonus candidus Europe 32 SL 1883
Coregonus chadary Khadary-whitefish Asia 60 TL 1869
Coregonus clupeaformis Lake whitefish North America 100 TL 1818
Coregonus clupeoides Powan Europe 38 SL 1803
Coregonus confusus Europe 35 SL 1885
Coregonus danneri Europe 22 SL 1908
Coregonus duplex Europe 44 SL 1890
Coregonus fatioi Europe 36 SL 1997
Coregonus fera Europe 55 SL 1825
Coregonus fontanae Europe 12.6 SL 2003
Coregonus gutturosus Europe 29 SL 1818
Coregonus heglingus Europe 24 SL 1822
Coregonus hiemalis Europe 40 SL 1825
Coregonus hoferi Europe 35 SL 1932
Coregonus holsatus Europe 47 SL 1916
Coregonus hoyi Bloater North America 37 TL 1874
Coregonus huntsmani Atlantic whitefish Western Atlantic 40 TL 1987
Coregonus johannae Deepwater cisco North America 26.5 SL 1910
Coregonus kiletz Europe 39 SL 1903
Coregonus kiyi Kiyi North America 35 TL 1921
Coregonus ladogae Euorpe 43 SL 1938
Coregonus laurettae Bering cisco North America 48 FL 1881
Coregonus lavaretus European whitefish Europe 73 TL 1758
Coregonus lucinensis Europe 16 SL 1933
Coregonus lutokka Europe 2005
Coregonus macrophthalmus Gangfisch Europe 30 SL 1882
Coregonus maraena Maraena whitefish Europe 130 TL 1779
Coregonus maraenoides Peipsi whitefish Europe 60 SL 1874
Coregonus maxillaris Europe 50 SL 1866
Coregonus megalops Lacustrine fluvial whitefish Europe 60 SL 1863
Coregonus migratorius Asia 56 TL 1775
Coregonus muksun Muksun Arctic Ocean basin, from 90 SL 1814
Coregonus nasus Broad whitefish Eurasia and North America 71 TL 1776
Coregonus nelsonii Alaska whitefish North America 56 TL 1884
Coregonus nigripinnis Blackfin cisco North America 39 TL 1874
Coregonus nilssoni Europe 38 SL 1848
Coregonus nipigon North America 1925
Coregonus nobilis Europe 34 SL 1882
Coregonus oxyrinchus Houting Europe 50 TL 1758
Coregonus palaea Europe 45 SL 1829
Coregonus pallasii Europe 60 SL 1848
Coregonus peled Peled Europe and Asia 50 TL 1789
Coregonus pennantii Gwyniad Europe 35 SL 1848
Coregonus pidschian Humpback whitefish Arctic Ocean basin, from 50 SL 1789
Coregonus pollan Irish pollan Europe 35 TL 1835
Coregonus pravdinellus Asia 1949
Coregonus reighardi Shortnose cisco North America 36 TL 1924
Coregonus renke Europe 29 SL 1783
Coregonus restrictus Europe 25 SL 1885
Coregonus sardinella Sardine cisco North America 47 TL 1848
Coregonus stigmaticus Schelly Europe 32 SL 1908
Coregonus subautumnalis Asia 37.5 TL 1932
Coregonus suidteri Lake Sempach whitefish Europe 38 SL 1885
Coregonus trybomi Europe 20 SL 1979
Coregonus tugun Tugun Asia 20 TL 1814
Coregonus ussuriensis Amur whitefish Asia 60 TL 1906
Coregonus vandesius Europe 20 SL 1836
Coregonus vessicus Euorpe 20 SL 1932
Coregonus wartmanni Blaufelchen Europe 50 TL 1784
Coregonus widegreni Valaam whitefish Europe 55 SL 1863
Coregonus zenithicus Shortjaw cisco North America 40 TL 1909
Coregonus zuerichensis Europe 42 SL 1882
Coregonus zugensis Europe 20 SL 1882
Hucho bleekeri Asia 64 SL 1934
Hucho hucho Huchen Europe 150 TL 1758
Hucho ishikawae Asia 50 TL 1928
Hucho taimen Taimen Europe and Asia 200 SL 1773
Oncorhynchus aguabonita Golden trout North America 71 TL 1892
Oncorhynchus apache Apache trout North America 58 TL 1972
Oncorhynchus chrysogaster Mexican golden trout North America 1964
Oncorhynchus clarkii Cutthroat trout Eastern Pacific 99 TL 1836
Oncorhynchus formosanus Asia 30 NG 1919
Oncorhynchus gilae Gila trout North America 32 TL 1950
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Pink salmon Arctic and Pacific draina 76 TL 1792
Oncorhynchus iwame Iwame trout Asia 1961
Oncorhynchus kawamurae Asia 23.3 SL 1925
Oncorhynchus keta Chum salmon North Pacific 100 FL 1792
Oncorhynchus kisutch Coho salmon North Pacific 108.0 TL 1792
Oncorhynchus masou Masu salmon Northwest Pacific 79 TL 1856
Oncorhynchus mykiss Rainbow trout Pacific Slope from Kuskok 122 TL 1792
Oncorhynchus nerka Sockeye salmon North Pacific 84 TL 1792
Oncorhynchus rhodurus Japanese Amago Asia 44.2 TL 1925
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook salmon Arctic, Northwest to Nort 150 TL 1792
Parahucho perryi Japanese huchen Northwest Pacific 200 TL 1856
Prosopium abyssicola Bear Lake whitefish North America 28 TL 1919
Prosopium coulterii Pygmy whitefish North America 28 TL 1892
Prosopium cylindraceum Round whitefish North America 59 TL 1784
Prosopium gemmifer Bonneville cisco North America 22 TL 1919
Prosopium spilonotus Bonneville whitefish North America 56 TL 1919
Prosopium williamsoni Mountain whitefish North America 70 TL 1856
Salmo abanticus Asia 30 SL 1954
Salmo akairos Africa 18.0 SL 2005
Salmo aphelios Europe 40 SL 1997
Salmo balcanicus Europe 40 SL 1927
Salmo carpio Europe 50 SL 1758
Salmo caspius Caspian trout Europe 25 SL 1877
Salmo cenerinus Europe 80 SL 1847
Salmo cettii Europe 40 SL 1810
Salmo chilo Chilo trout Asia 23.5 SL 2012
Salmo ciscaucasicus Caspian salmon Eurasia 130 SL 1967
Salmo coruhensis Coruh trout Asia 80 SL 2010
Salmo dentex Europe 88 TL 1851
Salmo euphrataeus Euphrates trout Asia 30 SL 2014
Salmo ezenami Europe 113 SL 1948
Salmo farioides Europe 30 SL 1938
Salmo ferox Europe 80 SL 1835
Salmo fibreni Europe 19.5 SL 1990
Salmo ischchan Sevan trout Former USSR 104 TL 1877
Salmo kottelati Antalya trout Asia 21 SL 2014
Salmo labecula Seyhan trout Asia 40 SL 2012
Salmo labrax Black Sea salmon Eurasia 80 SL 1814
Salmo letnica Ohrid trout Europe 76 TL 1924
Salmo lourosensis Europe 31.9 SL 2011
Salmo lumi Europe 38 SL 1958
Salmo macedonicus Europe 40 SL 1924
Salmo macrostigma Africa 60 TL 1858
Salmo marmoratus Europe 120 SL 1829
Salmo montenigrinus Europe 26 SL 1933
Salmo multipunctatus Draa trout Africa 16.2 SL 2015
Salmo nigripinnis Europe 33 SL 1866
Salmo obtusirostris Adriatic trout Europe 70 SL 1851
Salmo ohridanus Europe 33.6 SL 1892
Salmo okumusi Okumus trout Asia 21.3 SL 2014
Salmo opimus Opimus trout Asia 30 SL 2012
Salmo pallaryi Africa 28.1 SL 1924
Salmo pelagonicus Europe 30 SL 1938
Salmo pellegrini Africa 20.1 SL 1931
Salmo peristericus Europe 35 SL 1938
Salmo platycephalus Flathead trout Asia 55 SL 1968
Salmo rhodanensis Europe 80 SL 1974
Salmo rizeensis Rize trout Asia 25 SL 2010
Salmo salar Atlantic salmon North Atlantic Ocean 150 TL 1758
Salmo schiefermuelleri Europe 70 SL 1784
Salmo stomachicus Europe 36 SL 1866
Salmo taleri Europe 30 SL 1933
Salmo tigridis Tigris trout Asia 40 SL 2011
Salmo trutta Sea trout Europe and Asia 140 SL 1758
Salmo viridis Green trout Africa 43 SL 2015
Salmo visovacensis Europe 1950
Salmo zrmanjaensis Europe 1938
Salvelinus agassizii Silver trout North America 1885
Salvelinus albus White char Asia 1977
Salvelinus alpinus Arctic char Europe and North America 107 TL 1758
Salvelinus anaktuvukensis Angayukaksurak char North America 30 TL 1973
Salvelinus andriashevi Chukot char Asia 29.9 TL 1948
Salvelinus boganidae Boganida char Asia 46.5 TL 1926
Salvelinus colii Europe 30 SL 1863
Salvelinus confluentus Bull trout Coastal and mountain stre 103 TL 1859
Salvelinus curilus Asia 75 TL 1814
Salvelinus czerskii Cherskii's char Asia 1932
Salvelinus drjagini Dryanin's char Asia 90 TL 1940
Salvelinus elgyticus Small-mouth char Asia 23.8 SL 1981
Salvelinus evasus Europe 30 SL 2005
Salvelinus faroensis Europe 20 SL 1970
Salvelinus fimbriatus Europe 20 SL 1908
Salvelinus fontinalis Brook trout North America 86 SL 1814
Salvelinus gracillimus Europe 35 SL 1909
Salvelinus grayi Europe 25 SL 1862
Salvelinus gritzenkoi Asia 2000
Salvelinus inframundus Europe 22 SL 1909
Salvelinus jacuticus Yakutian char Asia 1935
Salvelinus japonicus Asia 1961
Salvelinus killinensis Europe 40 SL 1866
Salvelinus krogiusae Asia 1993
Salvelinus kronocius Asia 1978
Salvelinus kuznetzovi Asia 1933
Salvelinus lepechini Europe 75 SL 1789
Salvelinus leucomaenis Whitespotted char Northwest Pacific 120 TL 1814
Salvelinus levanidovi North Pacific 1989
Salvelinus lonsdalii Europe 15 SL 1909
Salvelinus mallochi Europe 26 SL 1909
Salvelinus malma Dolly varden North America 127 TL 1792
Salvelinus maxillaris Europe 27 SL 1909
Salvelinus murta Europe 48 SL 1908
Salvelinus namaycush Lake trout North America 150 TL 1792
Salvelinus neiva Neiva Asia 55 TL 1933
Salvelinus neocomensis Europe 15 SL 2005
Salvelinus obtusus Europe 18 SL 1908
Salvelinus perisii Europe 25 SL 1865
Salvelinus profundus Europe 24 SL 1901
Salvelinus salvelinoinsularis Bear Island charr Europe 37.5 SL 1900
Salvelinus schmidti Asia 1978
Salvelinus struanensis Europe 36 SL 1881
Salvelinus taimyricus Asia 1949
Salvelinus taranetzi Eastern Arctic Ocean 1955
Salvelinus thingvallensis Europe 24 SL 1908
Salvelinus tolmachoffi Esei lake char Asia 37 TL 1926
Salvelinus umbla Europe 75 SL 1758
Salvelinus vasiljevae Sakhalinian char Asia 25 FL 2005
Salvelinus willoughbii Char Europe 30 SL 1862
Salvelinus youngeri Golden charr Europe 25 SL 1956
Salvethymus svetovidovi Long-finned charr Asia 1990
Stenodus leucichthys Sheefish North America 150 TL 1772
Stenodus nelma Arctic Ocean basin, from 150 SL 1773
Thymallus arcticus Arctic grayling North America 76 TL 1776
Thymallus baicalensis Baikal black grayling Asia 38.2 TL 1874
Thymallus brevipinnis Asia 1931
Thymallus brevirostris Mongolian grayling Asia 39 TL 1879
Thymallus burejensis Asia 2004
Thymallus flavomaculatus Yellow-spotted grayling Asia 2006
Thymallus grubii Amur grayling Asia 31.3 TL 1869
Thymallus mertensii Europe 1848
Thymallus nigrescens Kosogol grayling Asia 48.4 TL 1923
Thymallus pallasii East Siberian grayling Asia 44 TL 1848
Thymallus svetovidovi Upper Yenisei grayling Asia 39.6 SL 2009
Thymallus thymallus Grayling Europe 60 TL 1758
Thymallus tugarinae lower Amur grayling Asia 25.5 SL 2007
Thymallus yaluensis Asia 20 TL 1928



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