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     A Diverse Family of Fish
    A Diverse Family of Fish
    Salmonidae is a large family of fish that includes salmon, trout, char, grayling, and whitefish. They are found in fresh and salt water across North America, Europe, and Asia.
    Evolution

    Current salmonids comprise three main clades taxonomically treated as subfamilies: Coregoninae (freshwater whitefishes), Thymallinae (graylings), and Salmoninae (trout, salmon, char, taimens and lenoks). Generally, … See more

    Classification

    Together with the closely related orders Esociformes (pikes and mudminnows), Osmeriformes (true smelts) and Argentiniformes (marine smelts and barreleyes), Salmoniformes comprise the superorderSee more

    Further reading

    Behnke, Robert J. Trout and Salmon of North America, Illustrated by Joseph R. Tomelleri. 1st Chanticleer Press ed. New York: The Free Press, 2002. ISBN 0-7432-2220-2
    • Dushkina, L.A. (January 1994). "Farming o… See more