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Salmonidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Salmoniformes
family
Salmonidae

Name

Homonyms
Salmonidae
Common names
Alabalıkgiller in Turkish
Họ Cá hồi in Vietnamese
Lachsfische in German
Laksefamilien in Danish
Laksefisk in Nynorsk, Norwegian
Laxfiskaætt in Icelandic
Lazacfélék in Hungarian
Lašišinės in Lithuanian
Lašu in Latvian
Lohikalat in Finnish
Lososi in language.
Lososotvaré in Slovak
Lõhelased in Estonian
Pastrvke in Croatian
Salmonedoj in Esperanto
Salmones y truchas in Spanish
Salmoni e trote in Italian
Salmonidi in Bosnian
Salmonids in English
Salmonids in English
Salmonidés in French
Salmons in English
Salmons in English
Salmonídeos in Portuguese
Salmònid in Catalan–Valencian
Salmónidos in Spanish
Somongiller in Turkish
Trouts in English
Trouts in English
Trouts And Salmons in English
Trouts And Salmons in English
Zalmen in Dutch
laksefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
laxfiskar in Swedish
lohet in Finnish
lohet in Finnish
lososovití in Czech
postrvi in Slovenian
salmonids in English
salmonids in English
salmonids in English
salmons in English
salmons in English
trouts in English
trouts in English
trouts and salmons in English
trouts and salmons in English
truchas y salmones in Spanish
truchas y salmones in Spanish
truites et saumons in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. FishBase
  5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  7. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  8. Jarocki (1822) Zoologiia czyli Zwiérzętopismo ogólne podług náynowszego systematu
  9. Kullander, Nyman, Jilg & Delling (2012) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Ryggsträngsdjur: Strålfeniga fiskar. Chordata: Actinopterygii
  10. Nelson, Joseph S., 1984: null. Fishes of the World, Second Edition. xv + 523.
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  12. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  13. Schinz (1822) Das Thierreich, eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie. Zweiter Band
  14. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  15. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  16. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  17. van der Laan, Eschmeyer & Fricke (2014) Family-group names of recent fishes
  18. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
  19. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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