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Family: Salmonidae Salmonids



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Photo by CAFS

Asia
Max. Length 70 cm TL
Brachymystax lenok (Pallas, 1773)

Photo by CAFS
 
Brachymystax lenok
[Lenok]

Photo by Dresler, B.

Asia
Max. Length 47 cm TL
Brachymystax savinovi Mitrofanov, 1959

Photo by Dresler, B.
 
Brachymystax savinovi
[]
No picture found
Asia
 
Brachymystax tumensis
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 26 cm SL
 
Coregonus albellus
[]

Photo by Ekeli, K.O.

Europe
Max. Length 48 cm TL
Coregonus albula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Ekeli, K.O.
 
Coregonus albula
[Vendace]
No picture found
North America
Max. Length 45.6 cm TL
 
Coregonus alpenae
[Longjaw cisco]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 25 cm SL
 
Coregonus alpinus
[]
No picture found
Asia
 
Coregonus anaulorum
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 55 cm SL
 
Coregonus arenicolus
[]

Photo by Lyons, J.

North America
Max. Length 57 cm TL
Coregonus artedi Lesueur, 1818

Photo by Lyons, J.
 
Coregonus artedi
[Cisco]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 40 cm TL
 
Coregonus atterensis
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 26 cm SL
 
Coregonus austriacus
[]

Photo by Harrod, C.

Europe
Max. Length 65 cm SL
Coregonus autumnalis (Pallas, 1776)

Photo by Harrod, C.
 
Coregonus autumnalis
[Arctic cisco]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 57 cm SL
 
Coregonus baerii
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 60 cm TL
 
Coregonus baicalensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
 
Coregonus baunti
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 24.1 cm SL
 
Coregonus bavaricus
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 32 cm SL
 
Coregonus bezola
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 32 cm SL
 
Coregonus candidus
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 60 cm TL
 
Coregonus chadary
[Khadary-whitefish]

Photo by Scarola, J.F.

North America
Max. Length 100 cm TL
Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill, 1818)

Photo by Scarola, J.F.
 
Coregonus clupeaformis
[Lake whitefish]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 38 cm SL
 
Coregonus clupeoides
[Powan]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 35 cm SL
 
Coregonus confusus
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 22 cm SL
 
Coregonus danneri
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 44 cm SL
 
Coregonus duplex
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 36 cm SL
 
Coregonus fatioi
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 55 cm SL
 
Coregonus fera
[]

Photo by Freyhof, J.

Europe
Max. Length 12.6 cm SL
Coregonus fontanae Schulz & Freyhof, 2003

Photo by Freyhof, J.
 
Coregonus fontanae
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 29 cm SL
 
Coregonus gutturosus
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 24 cm SL
 
Coregonus heglingus
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 40 cm SL
 
Coregonus hiemalis
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 35 cm SL
 
Coregonus hoferi
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 47 cm SL
 
Coregonus holsata
[]

Photo by Lyons, J.

North America
Max. Length 37 cm TL
Coregonus hoyi (Milner, 1874)

Photo by Lyons, J.
 
Coregonus hoyi
[Bloater]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Coregonus huntsmani Scott, 1987

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Coregonus huntsmani
[Atlantic whitefish]

Photo by Lyons, J.

North America
Max. Length 26.5 cm SL
Coregonus johannae (Wagner, 1910)

Photo by Lyons, J.
 
Coregonus johannae
[Deepwater cisco]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 39 cm SL
 
Coregonus kiletz
[]

Photo by Lyons, J.

North America
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Coregonus kiyi (Koelz, 1921)

Photo by Lyons, J.
 
Coregonus kiyi
[Kiyi]

Photo by Naseka, A.M.

Euorpe
Max. Length 43 cm SL
Coregonus ladogae Pravdin, Golubev & Belyaeva, 1938

Photo by Naseka, A.M.
 
Coregonus ladogae
[]

Photo by Runfola, D.M.

North America
Max. Length 48 cm FL
Coregonus laurettae Bean, 1881

Photo by Runfola, D.M.
 
Coregonus laurettae
[Bering cisco]

Photo by Østergaard, T.

Europe
Max. Length 73 cm TL
Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Østergaard, T.
 
Coregonus lavaretus
[European whitefish]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 16 cm SL
 
Coregonus lucinensis
[]
No picture found
Europe
 
Coregonus lutokka
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 30 cm SL
 
Coregonus macrophthalmus
[Gangfisch]

Photo by Freyhof, J.

Europe
Max. Length 130 cm TL
Coregonus maraena (Bloch, 1779)

Photo by Freyhof, J.
 
Coregonus maraena
[Maraena whitefish]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 60 cm SL
 
Coregonus maraenoides
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 50 cm SL
 
Coregonus maxillaris
[]

Photo by JJPhoto

Europe
Max. Length 60 cm SL
Coregonus megalops Widegren, 1863

Photo by JJPhoto
 
Coregonus megalops
[Lacustrine fluvial whitefish]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 56 cm TL
 
Coregonus migratorius
[]
No picture found
Arctic Ocean basin, from
Max. Length 90 cm SL
 
Coregonus muksun
[Muksun]

Photo by Kline, T.

Eurasia and North America
Max. Length 71 cm TL
Coregonus nasus (Pallas, 1776)

Photo by Kline, T.
 
Coregonus nasus
[Broad whitefish]
No picture found
North America
Max. Length 56 cm TL
 
Coregonus nelsonii
[Alaska whitefish]

Photo by Lyons, J.

North America
Max. Length 39 cm TL
Coregonus nigripinnis (Milner, 1874)

Photo by Lyons, J.
 
Coregonus nigripinnis
[Blackfin cisco]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 38 cm SL
 
Coregonus nilssoni
[]
No picture found
North America
 
Coregonus nipigon
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 34 cm SL
 
Coregonus nobilis
[]

Photo by Günther, A.C.L.G.

Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Coregonus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Günther, A.C.L.G.
 
Coregonus oxyrinchus
[Houting]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 45 cm SL
 
Coregonus palaea
[]

Photo by JJPhoto

Europe
Max. Length 60 cm SL
Coregonus pallasii Valenciennes, 1848

Photo by JJPhoto
 
Coregonus pallasii
[]

Photo by Hartl, A.

Europe and Asia
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Coregonus peled (Gmelin, 1789)

Photo by Hartl, A.
 
Coregonus peled
[Peled]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 35 cm SL
 
Coregonus pennantii
[Gwyniad]

Photo by Runfola, D.M.

Arctic
Max. Length 50 cm SL
Coregonus pidschian (Gmelin, 1789)

Photo by Runfola, D.M.
 
Coregonus pidschian
[Humpback whitefish]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Coregonus pollan
[Irish pollan]
No picture found
Asia
 
Coregonus pravdinellus
[]

Photo by Lyons, J.

North America
Max. Length 36 cm TL
Coregonus reighardi (Koelz, 1924)

Photo by Lyons, J.
 
Coregonus reighardi
[Shortnose cisco]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 29 cm SL
 
Coregonus renke
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 25 cm SL
 
Coregonus restrictus
[]

Photo by Runfola, D.M.

North America
Max. Length 47 cm TL
Coregonus sardinella Valenciennes, 1848

Photo by Runfola, D.M.
 
Coregonus sardinella
[Sardine cisco]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 32 cm SL
 
Coregonus stigmaticus
[Schelly]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 37.5 cm TL
 
Coregonus subautumnalis
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 38 cm SL
 
Coregonus suidteri
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 20 cm SL
 
Coregonus trybomi
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 15.9 cm TL
 
Coregonus tugun lenensis
[Lena tugun]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Coregonus tugun tugun
[Tugun]

Photo by CAFS

Asia
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Coregonus ussuriensis Berg, 1906

Photo by CAFS
 
Coregonus ussuriensis
[Amur whitefish]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 20 cm SL
 
Coregonus vandesius
[]
No picture found
Euorpe
Max. Length 20 cm SL
 
Coregonus vessicus
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 50 cm TL
 
Coregonus wartmanni
[Blaufelchen]

Photo by JJPhoto

Europe
Max. Length 55 cm SL
Coregonus widegreni Malmgren, 1863

Photo by JJPhoto
 
Coregonus widegreni
[Valaam whitefish]

Photo by Lyons, J.

North America
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Coregonus zenithicus (Jordan & Evermann, 1909)

Photo by Lyons, J.
 
Coregonus zenithicus
[Shortjaw cisco]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 42 cm SL
 
Coregonus zuerichensis
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 20 cm SL
 
Coregonus zugensis
[]

Photo by CAFS

Asia
Max. Length 64 cm SL
Hucho bleekeri Kimura, 1934

Photo by CAFS
 
Hucho bleekeri
[]

Photo by Hartl, A.

Europe
Max. Length 150 cm TL
Hucho hucho (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Hartl, A.
 
Hucho hucho
[Huchen]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Asia
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Hucho ishikawae Mori, 1928

Photo by Kim, I.-S.
 
Hucho ishikawae
[]

Photo by Dresler, B.

Europe and Asia
Max. Length 200 cm SL
Hucho taimen (Pallas, 1773)

Photo by Dresler, B.
 
Hucho taimen
[Taimen]

Photo by The Native Fish Conservancy

North America
Max. Length 71 cm TL
Oncorhynchus aguabonita (Jordan, 1892)

Photo by The Native Fish Conservancy
 
Oncorhynchus aguabonita
[Golden trout]

Photo by The Native Fish Conservancy

North America
Max. Length 58 cm TL
Oncorhynchus apache (Miller, 1972)

Photo by The Native Fish Conservancy
 
Oncorhynchus apache
[Apache trout]
No picture found
North America
 
Oncorhynchus chrysogaster
[Mexican golden trout]

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 99 cm TL
Oncorhynchus clarkii (Richardson, 1836)

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.
 
Oncorhynchus clarkii
[Cutthroat trout]

Photo by The Native Fish Conservancy

North America
Max. Length 32 cm TL
Oncorhynchus gilae (Miller, 1950)

Photo by The Native Fish Conservancy
 
Oncorhynchus gilae
[Gila trout]

Photo by Østergaard, T.

Arctic and Pacific draina
Max. Length 76 cm TL
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792)

Photo by Østergaard, T.
 
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
[Pink salmon]
No picture found
Asia
 
Oncorhynchus iwame
[Iwame trout]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 23.3 cm SL
 
Oncorhynchus kawamurae
[]

Photo by Keeley, E.R.

North Pacific
Max. Length 100 cm FL
Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792)

Photo by Keeley, E.R.
 
Oncorhynchus keta
[Chum salmon]

Photo by Keeley, E.R.

North Pacific
Max. Length 108.0 cm TL
Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792)

Photo by Keeley, E.R.
 
Oncorhynchus kisutch
[Coho salmon]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Asia
Max. Length 30 cm NG
Oncorhynchus masou formosanus (Jordan & Oshima, 1919)

Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Oncorhynchus masou formosanus
[]

Photo by IGFA

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Oncorhynchus masou macrostomus (Günther, 1877)

Photo by IGFA
 
Oncorhynchus masou macrostomus
[]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 79 cm TL
Oncorhynchus masou masou (Brevoort, 1856)

Photo by Kim, I.-S.
 
Oncorhynchus masou masou
[Masu salmon]

Photo by McDowall, R.M.

Native to Pacific Slope f
Max. Length 122 cm TL
Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)

Photo by McDowall, R.M.
 
Oncorhynchus mykiss
[Rainbow trout]

Photo by Keeley, E.R.

North Pacific
Max. Length 84 cm TL
Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792)

Photo by Keeley, E.R.
 
Oncorhynchus nerka
[Sockeye salmon]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 44.2 cm TL
 
Oncorhynchus rhodurus
[Japanese Amago]

Photo by McDowall, R.M.

Arctic, Northwest to Nort
Max. Length 150 cm TL
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792)

Photo by McDowall, R.M.
 
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
[Chinook salmon]

Photo by IGFA

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 200 cm TL
Parahucho perryi (Brevoort, 1856)

Photo by IGFA
 
Parahucho perryi
[Japanese huchen]
No picture found
North America
Max. Length 28 cm TL
 
Prosopium abyssicola
[Bear Lake whitefish]

Photo by Lyons, J.

North America
Max. Length 28 cm TL
Prosopium coulterii (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1892)

Photo by Lyons, J.
 
Prosopium coulterii
[Pygmy whitefish]

Photo by Steinhart, G.B.

North America
Max. Length 59 cm TL
Prosopium cylindraceum (Pennant, 1784)

Photo by Steinhart, G.B.
 
Prosopium cylindraceum
[Round whitefish]
No picture found
North America
Max. Length 22 cm TL
 
Prosopium gemmifer
[Bonneville cisco]
No picture found
North America
Max. Length 56 cm TL
 
Prosopium spilonotus
[Bonneville whitefish]

Photo by Keeley, E.R.

North America
Max. Length 70 cm TL
Prosopium williamsoni (Girard, 1856)

Photo by Keeley, E.R.
 
Prosopium williamsoni
[Mountain whitefish]

Photo by Kaya, C.

Asia
Max. Length 30 cm SL
Salmo abanticus Tortonese, 1954

Photo by Kaya, C.
 
Salmo abanticus
[]

Photo by Ratschan, C.

Africa
Max. Length 18.0 cm SL
Salmo akairos Delling & Doadrio, 2005

Photo by Ratschan, C.
 
Salmo akairos
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 40 cm SL
 
Salmo aphelios
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 40 cm SL
 
Salmo balcanicus
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 50 cm SL
 
Salmo carpio
[]

Photo by Abbasi, K.

Europe
Max. Length 25 cm SL
Salmo caspius Kessler, 1877

Photo by Abbasi, K.
 
Salmo caspius
[Caspian trout]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 80 cm SL
 
Salmo cenerinus
[]

Photo by Porcellotti, S.

Europe
Max. Length 40 cm SL
Salmo cettii Rafinesque, 1810

Photo by Porcellotti, S.
 
Salmo cettii
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 23.5 cm SL
 
Salmo chilo
[Chilo trout]

Photo by Naseka, A.M.

Eurasia
Max. Length 130 cm SL
Salmo ciscaucasicus Dorofeeva, 1967

Photo by Naseka, A.M.
 
Salmo ciscaucasicus
[Caspian salmon]

Photo by Kaya, C.

Asia
Max. Length 80 cm SL
Salmo coruhensis Turan, Kottelat & Engin, 2010

Photo by Kaya, C.
 
Salmo coruhensis
[Coruh trout]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 88 cm TL
 
Salmo dentex
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 30 cm SL
 
Salmo euphrataeus
[Euphrates trout]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 113 cm SL
 
Salmo ezenami
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 30 cm SL
 
Salmo farioides
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 80 cm SL
 
Salmo ferox
[]

Photo by Schöffmann, J.

Europe
Max. Length 19.5 cm SL
Salmo fibreni Zerunian & Gandolfi, 1990

Photo by Schöffmann, J.
 
Salmo fibreni
[]

Photo by Schöffmann, J.

Former USSR
Max. Length 104 cm TL
Salmo ischchan Kessler, 1877

Photo by Schöffmann, J.
 
Salmo ischchan
[Sevan trout]

Photo by Kaya, C.

Asia
Max. Length 21 cm SL
Salmo kottelati Turan, Do?an, Kaya & Kany?lmaz, 2014

Photo by Kaya, C.
 
Salmo kottelati
[Antalya trout]

Photo by Kaya, C.

Asia
Max. Length 40 cm SL
Salmo labecula Turan, Kottelat & Engin, 2012

Photo by Kaya, C.
 
Salmo labecula
[Seyhan trout]

Photo by Otel, V.

Eurasia
Max. Length 80 cm SL
Salmo labrax Pallas, 1814

Photo by Otel, V.
 
Salmo labrax
[Black Sea salmon]

Photo by Jordanova, M.

Europe
Max. Length 76 cm TL
Salmo letnica (Karaman, 1924)

Photo by Jordanova, M.
 
Salmo letnica
[Ohrid trout]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 21.7 cm SL
 
Salmo lourosensis
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 38 cm SL
 
Salmo lumi
[]

Photo by Randjelovic, I.

Europe
Max. Length 40 cm SL
Salmo macedonicus (Karaman, 1924)

Photo by Randjelovic, I.
 
Salmo macedonicus
[]

Photo by Schöffmann, J.

Africa
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Salmo macrostigma (Duméril, 1858)

Photo by Schöffmann, J.
 
Salmo macrostigma
[]

Photo by Dresler, B.

Europe
Max. Length 120 cm SL
Salmo marmoratus Cuvier, 1829

Photo by Dresler, B.
 
Salmo marmoratus
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 26 cm SL
 
Salmo montenigrinus
[]
No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 16.2 cm SL
 
Salmo multipunctata
[Draa trout]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 33 cm SL
 
Salmo nigripinnis
[]

Photo by Plesko, S.

Europe
Max. Length 70 cm SL
Salmo obtusirostris (Heckel, 1851)

Photo by Plesko, S.
 
Salmo obtusirostris
[Adriatic trout]

Photo by Mircevski, D.

Europe
Max. Length 33.6 cm SL
Salmo ohridanus Steindachner, 1892

Photo by Mircevski, D.
 
Salmo ohridanus
[]

Photo by Kaya, C.

Asia
Max. Length 21.3 cm SL
Salmo okumusi Turan, Kottelat & Engin, 2014

Photo by Kaya, C.
 
Salmo okumusi
[Okumus trout]

Photo by Kaya, C.

Asia
Max. Length 30 cm SL
Salmo opimus Turan, Kottelat & Engin, 2012

Photo by Kaya, C.
 
Salmo opimus
[Opimus trout]
No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 28.1 cm SL
 
Salmo pallaryi
[]

Photo by Schöffmann, J.

Europe
Max. Length 30 cm SL
Salmo pelagonicus Karaman, 1938

Photo by Schöffmann, J.
 
Salmo pelagonicus
[]

Photo by Schöffmann, J.

Europe
Max. Length 35 cm SL
Salmo peristericus Karaman, 1938

Photo by Schöffmann, J.
 
Salmo peristericus
[]

Photo by Schöffmann, J.

Asia
Max. Length 55 cm SL
Salmo platycephalus Behnke, 1968

Photo by Schöffmann, J.
 
Salmo platycephalus
[Flathead trout]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 80 cm SL
 
Salmo rhodanensis
[]

Photo by Kaya, C.

Asia
Max. Length 25 cm SL
Salmo rizeensis Turan, Kottelat & Engin, 2010

Photo by Kaya, C.
 
Salmo rizeensis
[Rize trout]

Photo by Helgesson, D.

North Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 150 cm TL
Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Helgesson, D.
 
Salmo salar
[Atlantic salmon]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 70 cm SL
 
Salmo schiefermuelleri
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 36 cm SL
 
Salmo stomachicus
[]

Photo by Dresler, B.

Europe
Max. Length 30 cm SL
Salmo taleri (Karaman, 1933)

Photo by Dresler, B.
 
Salmo taleri
[]

Photo by Abbasi, K.

Asia
Max. Length 40 cm SL
Salmo tigridis Turan, Kottelat & Bekta?, 2011

Photo by Abbasi, K.
 
Salmo tigridis
[Tigris trout]

Photo by Scarola, J.F.

Europe and Asia
Max. Length 140 cm SL
Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Scarola, J.F.
 
Salmo trutta
[Sea trout]
No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 43 cm SL
 
Salmo viridis
[]
No picture found
Europe
 
Salmo visovacensis
[]
No picture found
Europe
 
Salmo zrmanjaensis
[]
No picture found
North America
 
Salvelinus agassizii
[Silver trout]

Photo by Dresler, B.

Asia

Salvelinus albus Glubokovsky, 1977

Photo by Dresler, B.
 
Salvelinus albus
[White char]

Photo by Ueberschär, B.

Europe
Max. Length 107 cm TL
Salvelinus alpinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Ueberschär, B.
 
Salvelinus alpinus alpinus
[Arctic char]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 70 cm TL
 
Salvelinus alpinus erythrinus
[Davatchan]
No picture found
North America
Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Salvelinus anaktuvukensis
[Angayukaksurak char]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 29.9 cm TL
 
Salvelinus andriashevi
[Chukot char]

Photo by Dresler, B.

Asia
Max. Length 46.5 cm TL
Salvelinus boganidae Berg, 1926

Photo by Dresler, B.
 
Salvelinus boganidae
[Boganida char]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 30 cm SL
 
Salvelinus colii
[]

Photo by Keeley, E.R.

Coastal and mountain stre
Max. Length 103 cm TL
Salvelinus confluentus (Suckley, 1859)

Photo by Keeley, E.R.
 
Salvelinus confluentus
[Bull trout]

Photo by Dresler, B.

Asia
Max. Length 75 cm TL
Salvelinus curilus (Pallas, 1814)

Photo by Dresler, B.
 
Salvelinus curilus
[]
No picture found
Asia
 
Salvelinus czerskii
[Cherskii's char]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 90 cm TL
 
Salvelinus drjagini
[Dryanin's char]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 23.8 cm SL
 
Salvelinus elgyticus
[Small-mouth char]

Photo by Freyhof, J.

Europe
Max. Length 30 cm SL
Salvelinus evasus Freyhof & Kottelat, 2005

Photo by Freyhof, J.
 
Salvelinus evasus
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 20 cm SL
 
Salvelinus faroensis
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 20 cm SL
 
Salvelinus fimbriatus
[]

Photo by JJPhoto

North America
Max. Length 86 cm SL
Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814)

Photo by JJPhoto
 
Salvelinus fontinalis
[Brook trout]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 18 cm SL
 
Salvelinus gracillimus
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 25 cm SL
 
Salvelinus grayi
[]
No picture found
Asia
 
Salvelinus gritzenkoi
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 22 cm SL
 
Salvelinus inframundus
[]
No picture found
Asia
 
Salvelinus jacuticus
[Yakutian char]
No picture found
Asia
 
Salvelinus japonicus
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 40 cm SL
 
Salvelinus killinensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
 
Salvelinus krogiusae
[]
No picture found
Asia
 
Salvelinus kronocius
[]

Photo by Dresler, B.

Asia

Salvelinus kuznetzovi Taranetz, 1933

Photo by Dresler, B.
 
Salvelinus kuznetzovi
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 75 cm SL
 
Salvelinus lepechini
[]

Photo by Kikuchi, M.

Asia

Salvelinus leucomaenis imbrius Jordan & McGregor, 1925

Photo by Kikuchi, M.
 
Salvelinus leucomaenis imbrius
[]

Photo by Hofinger, E.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 120 cm TL
Salvelinus leucomaenis leucomaenis (Pallas, 1814)

Photo by Hofinger, E.
 
Salvelinus leucomaenis leucomaenis
[Whitespotted char]

Photo by Senou, H.

Asia
Max. Length 83 cm TL
Salvelinus leucomaenis pluvius (Hilgendorf, 1876)

Photo by Senou, H.
 
Salvelinus leucomaenis pluvius
[]

Photo by Dresler, B.

North Pacific

Salvelinus levanidovi Chereshnev, Skopets & Gudkov, 1989

Photo by Dresler, B.
 
Salvelinus levanidovi
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 15 cm SL
 
Salvelinus lonsdalii
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 26 cm SL
 
Salvelinus mallochi
[]

Photo by Keeley, E.R.

Arctic, Northwest to Nort
Max. Length 127 cm TL
Salvelinus malma (Walbaum, 1792)

Photo by Keeley, E.R.
 
Salvelinus malma
[Dolly varden]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 27 cm SL
 
Salvelinus maxillaris
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 48 cm SL
 
Salvelinus murta
[]

Photo by Alfonso, N.

North America
Max. Length 150 cm TL
Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum, 1792)

Photo by Alfonso, N.
 
Salvelinus namaycush
[Lake trout]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 55 cm TL
 
Salvelinus neiva
[Neiva]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 15 cm SL
 
Salvelinus neocomensis
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 18 cm SL
 
Salvelinus obtusus
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 25 cm SL
 
Salvelinus perisii
[]

Photo by Freyhof, J./M. Kottelat

Europe
Max. Length 24 cm SL
Salvelinus profundus (Schillinger, 1901)

Photo by Freyhof, J./M. Kottelat
 
Salvelinus profundus
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 37.5 cm SL
 
Salvelinus salvelinoinsularis
[Bear Island charr]
No picture found
Asia
 
Salvelinus schmidti
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 36 cm SL
 
Salvelinus struanensis
[]

Photo by Dresler, B.

Asia

Salvelinus taimyricus Mikhin, 1949

Photo by Dresler, B.
 
Salvelinus taimyricus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Arctic Ocean
 
Salvelinus taranetzi
[]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 24 cm SL
 
Salvelinus thingvallensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 37 cm TL
 
Salvelinus tolmachoffi
[Esei lake char]

Photo by Wärn, L.

Europe
Max. Length 75 cm SL
Salvelinus umbla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Wärn, L.
 
Salvelinus umbla
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 25 cm FL
 
Salvelinus vasiljevae
[Sakhalinian char]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 30 cm SL
 
Salvelinus willoughbii
[Char]
No picture found
Europe
Max. Length 25 cm SL
 
Salvelinus youngeri
[Golden charr]
No picture found
Asia
 
Salvethymus svetovidovi
[Long-finned charr]

Photo by Hillen, B.

North America
Max. Length 150 cm TL
Stenodus leucichthys (Güldenstädt, 1772)

Photo by Hillen, B.
 
Stenodus leucichthys
[Sheefish]
No picture found
Arctic Ocean basin, from
Max. Length 150 cm SL
 
Stenodus nelma
[]

Photo by Keeley, E.R.

North America
Max. Length 76 cm TL
Thymallus arcticus (Pallas, 1776)

Photo by Keeley, E.R.
 
Thymallus arcticus
[Arctic grayling]

Photo by Dresler, B.

Asia
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Thymallus baicalensis Dybowski, 1874

Photo by Dresler, B.
 
Thymallus baicalensis
[Baikal black grayling]
No picture found
Asia
 
Thymallus brevipinnis
[]

Photo by Schöffmann, J.

Asia
Max. Length 39 cm TL
Thymallus brevirostris Kessler, 1879

Photo by Schöffmann, J.
 
Thymallus brevirostris
[Mongolian grayling]
No picture found
Asia
 
Thymallus burejensis
[]

Photo by Knizhin, I.

Asia

Thymallus flavomaculatus Knizhin, Antonov & Weiss, 2006

Photo by Knizhin, I.
 
Thymallus flavomaculatus
[Yellow-spotted grayling]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Thymallus grubii
[Amur grayling]

Photo by Dresler, B.

Europe

Thymallus mertensii Valenciennes, 1848

Photo by Dresler, B.
 
Thymallus mertensii
[]

Photo by Reddish, P.E.

Asia
Max. Length 30.6 cm TL
Thymallus nigrescens Dorogostaisky, 1923

Photo by Reddish, P.E.
 
Thymallus nigrescens
[Kosogol grayling]

Photo by Dresler, B.

Asia
Max. Length 44 cm TL
Thymallus pallasii Valenciennes, 1848

Photo by Dresler, B.
 
Thymallus pallasii
[East Siberian grayling]

Photo by Ratschan, C.

Asia
Max. Length 39.6 cm SL
Thymallus svetovidovi Knizhin & Weiss, 2009

Photo by Ratschan, C.
 
Thymallus svetovidovi
[Upper Yenisei grayling]

Photo by Svensen, R.

Europe
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Thymallus thymallus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Svensen, R.
 
Thymallus thymallus
[Grayling]

Photo by Knizhin, I.

Asia
Max. Length 25.5 cm SL
Thymallus tugarinae Knizhin, Antonov, Safronov & Weiss, 2007

Photo by Knizhin, I.
 
Thymallus tugarinae
[lower Amur grayling]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Thymallus yaluensis
[]
230 Species of Family Salmonidae
(Salmonids)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1773 Brachymystax lenok Lenok Asia 70 TL
1959 Brachymystax savinovi Asia 47 TL
1930 Brachymystax tumensis Asia
1890 Coregonus albellus Europe 26 SL
1758 Coregonus albula Vendace Europe 48 TL
1924 Coregonus alpenae Longjaw cisco North America 45.6 TL
1885 Coregonus alpinus Europe 25 SL
1996 Coregonus anaulorum Asia
1997 Coregonus arenicolus Europe 55 SL
1818 Coregonus artedi Cisco North America 57 TL
1997 Coregonus atterensis Europe 40 TL
1909 Coregonus austriacus Europe 26 SL
1776 Coregonus autumnalis Arctic cisco Europe 65 SL
1864 Coregonus baerii Europe 57 SL
1874 Coregonus baicalensis Asia 60 TL
1948 Coregonus baunti Asia
1909 Coregonus bavaricus Europe 24.1 SL
1888 Coregonus bezola Europe 32 SL
1883 Coregonus candidus Europe 32 SL
1869 Coregonus chadary Khadary-whitefish Asia 60 TL
1818 Coregonus clupeaformis Lake whitefish North America 100 TL
1803 Coregonus clupeoides Powan Europe 38 SL
1885 Coregonus confusus Europe 35 SL
1908 Coregonus danneri Europe 22 SL
1890 Coregonus duplex Europe 44 SL
1997 Coregonus fatioi Europe 36 SL
1825 Coregonus fera Europe 55 SL
2003 Coregonus fontanae Europe 12.6 SL
1818 Coregonus gutturosus Europe 29 SL
1822 Coregonus heglingus Europe 24 SL
1825 Coregonus hiemalis Europe 40 SL
1932 Coregonus hoferi Europe 35 SL
1916 Coregonus holsata Europe 47 SL
1874 Coregonus hoyi Bloater North America 37 TL
1987 Coregonus huntsmani Atlantic whitefish Western Atlantic 40 TL
1910 Coregonus johannae Deepwater cisco North America 26.5 SL
1903 Coregonus kiletz Europe 39 SL
1921 Coregonus kiyi Kiyi North America 35 TL
1938 Coregonus ladogae Euorpe 43 SL
1881 Coregonus laurettae Bering cisco North America 48 FL
1758 Coregonus lavaretus European whitefish Europe 73 TL
1933 Coregonus lucinensis Europe 16 SL
2005 Coregonus lutokka Europe
1882 Coregonus macrophthalmus Gangfisch Europe 30 SL
1779 Coregonus maraena Maraena whitefish Europe 130 TL
1916 Coregonus maraenoides Europe 60 SL
1866 Coregonus maxillaris Europe 50 SL
1863 Coregonus megalops Lacustrine fluvial whitefish Europe 60 SL
1775 Coregonus migratorius Asia 56 TL
1814 Coregonus muksun Muksun Arctic Ocean basin, from 90 SL
1776 Coregonus nasus Broad whitefish Eurasia and North America 71 TL
1884 Coregonus nelsonii Alaska whitefish North America 56 TL
1874 Coregonus nigripinnis Blackfin cisco North America 39 TL
1848 Coregonus nilssoni Europe 38 SL
1925 Coregonus nipigon North America
1882 Coregonus nobilis Europe 34 SL
1758 Coregonus oxyrinchus Houting Northeast Atlantic 50 TL
1829 Coregonus palaea Europe 45 SL
1848 Coregonus pallasii Europe 60 SL
1789 Coregonus peled Peled Europe and Asia 50 TL
1848 Coregonus pennantii Gwyniad Europe 35 SL
1789 Coregonus pidschian Humpback whitefish Arctic 50 SL
1835 Coregonus pollan Irish pollan Europe 35 TL
1949 Coregonus pravdinellus Asia
1924 Coregonus reighardi Shortnose cisco North America 36 TL
1783 Coregonus renke Europe 29 SL
1885 Coregonus restrictus Europe 25 SL
1848 Coregonus sardinella Sardine cisco North America 47 TL
1908 Coregonus stigmaticus Schelly Europe 32 SL
1932 Coregonus subautumnalis Asia 37.5 TL
1885 Coregonus suidteri Europe 38 SL
1979 Coregonus trybomi Europe 20 SL
1932 Coregonus tugun lenensis Lena tugun Asia 15.9 TL
1814 Coregonus tugun tugun Tugun Asia 20 TL
1906 Coregonus ussuriensis Amur whitefish Asia 60 TL
1836 Coregonus vandesius Europe 20 SL
1932 Coregonus vessicus Euorpe 20 SL
1784 Coregonus wartmanni Blaufelchen Europe 50 TL
1863 Coregonus widegreni Valaam whitefish Europe 55 SL
1909 Coregonus zenithicus Shortjaw cisco North America 40 TL
1882 Coregonus zuerichensis Europe 42 SL
1882 Coregonus zugensis Europe 20 SL
1934 Hucho bleekeri Asia 64 SL
1758 Hucho hucho Huchen Europe 150 TL
1928 Hucho ishikawae Asia 50 TL
1773 Hucho taimen Taimen Europe and Asia 200 SL
1892 Oncorhynchus aguabonita Golden trout North America 71 TL
1972 Oncorhynchus apache Apache trout North America 58 TL
1964 Oncorhynchus chrysogaster Mexican golden trout North America
1836 Oncorhynchus clarkii Cutthroat trout Eastern Pacific 99 TL
1950 Oncorhynchus gilae Gila trout North America 32 TL
1792 Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Pink salmon Arctic and Pacific draina 76 TL
1961 Oncorhynchus iwame Iwame trout Asia
1925 Oncorhynchus kawamurae Asia 23.3 SL
1792 Oncorhynchus keta Chum salmon North Pacific 100 FL
1792 Oncorhynchus kisutch Coho salmon North Pacific 108.0 TL
1919 Oncorhynchus masou formosanus Asia 30 NG
1877 Oncorhynchus masou macrostomus Northwest Pacific 50 TL
1856 Oncorhynchus masou masou Masu salmon Northwest Pacific 79 TL
1792 Oncorhynchus mykiss Rainbow trout Native to Pacific Slope f 122 TL
1792 Oncorhynchus nerka Sockeye salmon North Pacific 84 TL
1925 Oncorhynchus rhodurus Japanese Amago Asia 44.2 TL
1792 Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook salmon Arctic, Northwest to Nort 150 TL
1856 Parahucho perryi Japanese huchen Northwest Pacific 200 TL
1919 Prosopium abyssicola Bear Lake whitefish North America 28 TL
1892 Prosopium coulterii Pygmy whitefish North America 28 TL
1784 Prosopium cylindraceum Round whitefish North America 59 TL
1919 Prosopium gemmifer Bonneville cisco North America 22 TL
1919 Prosopium spilonotus Bonneville whitefish North America 56 TL
1856 Prosopium williamsoni Mountain whitefish North America 70 TL
1954 Salmo abanticus Asia 30 SL
2005 Salmo akairos Africa 18.0 SL
1997 Salmo aphelios Europe 40 SL
1927 Salmo balcanicus Europe 40 SL
1758 Salmo carpio Europe 50 SL
1877 Salmo caspius Caspian trout Europe 25 SL
1847 Salmo cenerinus Europe 80 SL
1810 Salmo cettii Europe 40 SL
2012 Salmo chilo Chilo trout Asia 23.5 SL
1967 Salmo ciscaucasicus Caspian salmon Eurasia 130 SL
2010 Salmo coruhensis Coruh trout Asia 80 SL
1851 Salmo dentex Europe 88 TL
2014 Salmo euphrataeus Euphrates trout Asia 30 SL
1948 Salmo ezenami Europe 113 SL
1938 Salmo farioides Europe 30 SL
1835 Salmo ferox Europe 80 SL
1990 Salmo fibreni Europe 19.5 SL
1877 Salmo ischchan Sevan trout Former USSR 104 TL
2014 Salmo kottelati Antalya trout Asia 21 SL
2012 Salmo labecula Seyhan trout Asia 40 SL
1814 Salmo labrax Black Sea salmon Eurasia 80 SL
1924 Salmo letnica Ohrid trout Europe 76 TL
2011 Salmo lourosensis Europe 21.7 SL
1958 Salmo lumi Europe 38 SL
1924 Salmo macedonicus Europe 40 SL
1858 Salmo macrostigma Africa 60 TL
1829 Salmo marmoratus Europe 120 SL
1933 Salmo montenigrinus Europe 26 SL
2015 Salmo multipunctata Draa trout Africa 16.2 SL
1866 Salmo nigripinnis Europe 33 SL
1851 Salmo obtusirostris Adriatic trout Europe 70 SL
1892 Salmo ohridanus Europe 33.6 SL
2014 Salmo okumusi Okumus trout Asia 21.3 SL
2012 Salmo opimus Opimus trout Asia 30 SL
1924 Salmo pallaryi Africa 28.1 SL
1938 Salmo pelagonicus Europe 30 SL
1938 Salmo peristericus Europe 35 SL
1968 Salmo platycephalus Flathead trout Asia 55 SL
1974 Salmo rhodanensis Europe 80 SL
2010 Salmo rizeensis Rize trout Asia 25 SL
1758 Salmo salar Atlantic salmon North Atlantic Ocean 150 TL
1784 Salmo schiefermuelleri Europe 70 SL
1866 Salmo stomachicus Europe 36 SL
1933 Salmo taleri Europe 30 SL
2011 Salmo tigridis Tigris trout Asia 40 SL
1758 Salmo trutta Sea trout Europe and Asia 140 SL
2015 Salmo viridis Africa 43 SL
1950 Salmo visovacensis Europe
1938 Salmo zrmanjaensis Europe
1885 Salvelinus agassizii Silver trout North America
1977 Salvelinus albus White char Asia
1758 Salvelinus alpinus alpinus Arctic char Europe 107 TL
1775 Salvelinus alpinus erythrinus Davatchan Asia 70 TL
1973 Salvelinus anaktuvukensis Angayukaksurak char North America 30 TL
1948 Salvelinus andriashevi Chukot char Asia 29.9 TL
1926 Salvelinus boganidae Boganida char Asia 46.5 TL
1863 Salvelinus colii Europe 30 SL
1859 Salvelinus confluentus Bull trout Coastal and mountain stre 103 TL
1814 Salvelinus curilus Asia 75 TL
1932 Salvelinus czerskii Cherskii's char Asia
1940 Salvelinus drjagini Dryanin's char Asia 90 TL
1981 Salvelinus elgyticus Small-mouth char Asia 23.8 SL
2005 Salvelinus evasus Europe 30 SL
1970 Salvelinus faroensis Europe 20 SL
1908 Salvelinus fimbriatus Europe 20 SL
1814 Salvelinus fontinalis Brook trout North America 86 SL
1909 Salvelinus gracillimus Europe 18 SL
1862 Salvelinus grayi Europe 25 SL
2000 Salvelinus gritzenkoi Asia
1909 Salvelinus inframundus Europe 22 SL
1935 Salvelinus jacuticus Yakutian char Asia
1961 Salvelinus japonicus Asia
1866 Salvelinus killinensis Europe 40 SL
1993 Salvelinus krogiusae Asia
1978 Salvelinus kronocius Asia
1933 Salvelinus kuznetzovi Asia
1789 Salvelinus lepechini Europe 75 SL
1925 Salvelinus leucomaenis imbrius Asia
1814 Salvelinus leucomaenis leucomaenis Whitespotted char Northwest Pacific 120 TL
1876 Salvelinus leucomaenis pluvius Asia 83 TL
1989 Salvelinus levanidovi North Pacific
1909 Salvelinus lonsdalii Europe 15 SL
1909 Salvelinus mallochi Europe 26 SL
1792 Salvelinus malma Dolly varden Arctic, Northwest to Nort 127 TL
1909 Salvelinus maxillaris Europe 27 SL
1908 Salvelinus murta Europe 48 SL
1792 Salvelinus namaycush Lake trout North America 150 TL
1933 Salvelinus neiva Neiva Asia 55 TL
2005 Salvelinus neocomensis Europe 15 SL
1908 Salvelinus obtusus Europe 18 SL
1865 Salvelinus perisii Europe 25 SL
1901 Salvelinus profundus Europe 24 SL
1900 Salvelinus salvelinoinsularis Bear Island charr Europe 37.5 SL
1978 Salvelinus schmidti Asia
1881 Salvelinus struanensis Europe 36 SL
1949 Salvelinus taimyricus Asia
1955 Salvelinus taranetzi Eastern Arctic Ocean
1908 Salvelinus thingvallensis Europe 24 SL
1926 Salvelinus tolmachoffi Esei lake char Asia 37 TL
1758 Salvelinus umbla Europe 75 SL
2005 Salvelinus vasiljevae Sakhalinian char Asia 25 FL
1862 Salvelinus willoughbii Char Europe 30 SL
1956 Salvelinus youngeri Golden charr Europe 25 SL
1990 Salvethymus svetovidovi Long-finned charr Asia
1772 Stenodus leucichthys Sheefish North America 150 TL
1773 Stenodus nelma Arctic Ocean basin, from 150 SL
1776 Thymallus arcticus Arctic grayling North America 76 TL
1874 Thymallus baicalensis Baikal black grayling Asia 35 TL
1931 Thymallus brevipinnis Asia
1879 Thymallus brevirostris Mongolian grayling Asia 39 TL
2004 Thymallus burejensis Asia
2006 Thymallus flavomaculatus Yellow-spotted grayling Asia
1869 Thymallus grubii Amur grayling Asia 30 TL
1848 Thymallus mertensii Europe
1923 Thymallus nigrescens Kosogol grayling Asia 30.6 TL
1848 Thymallus pallasii East Siberian grayling Asia 44 TL
2009 Thymallus svetovidovi Upper Yenisei grayling Asia 39.6 SL
1758 Thymallus thymallus Grayling Europe 60 TL
2007 Thymallus tugarinae lower Amur grayling Asia 25.5 SL
1928 Thymallus yaluensis Asia 20 TL



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