Biology Encyclopedia	Oncorhynchus Suckley, 1861 “”
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Common Names

Pacific Trouts and Pacific Salmon

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Linnaean Rank

Genus

Ancestral Phylogeny and Taxonomy

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

Traditionally, the order Salmoniformes contains one family, Salmonidae, divided into three subfamilies by Nelson (2006): Coregoninae, Thymallinae, and Salmoninae, with the latter two constituting a monophyletic group.  Some authors have proposed to have two families within Salmoniformes: Coregonidae and Salmonidae, with the latter having two subfamilies of Thymallinae and Salmoninae.

Lineage

Terrabiota, Cytota, Neomura, Eukaryota, Unikonta, Opisthokonta, Animalia, Metazoa, Eumetazoa, Bilateria, Deuterostomia, Cyrtotreta, Chordata, Notochordata, Vertebrata, Gnathostomata, Teleostomi, Euteleostomi, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Halecostomi, Teleostei, Euteleostei, Protacanthopterygii, Salmoniformes, Salmonidae, Salmoninae

Descendant Phylogeny and Taxonomy

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

Morphology

Distribution

Ecology

Freshwater and anadromous

Ethology

Evolution

Development

Ethnobiology

Oncorhynchus has high value in sport and commercial fisheries.

Population

Notes and Comments

References

Literature

Nelson, Joseph S. 2006.  Fishes of the world.  4th ed.  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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