Salmon, trout & smelts

104 species · 9 families

Salmon, trout and smelts are slender, powerful swimmers of cool, oxygen-rich water, recognised by a small adipose fin between the dorsal and tail fin. Many migrate between fresh and salt water to spawn, like the salmon and sea trout. They often have a speckled or silvery body and are prized by anglers for their fighting spirit. The cucumber-scented smelts and the argentines belong here too. You mostly find them in the northern hemisphere, in clear streams, lakes and cold seas.

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Adriatic trout

Salmo obtusirostris

Salmonidae

Alice argentina

Argentina aliceae

Argentinidae

Alpine galaxias

Galaxias paucispondylus

Galaxiidae

American grayling

Thymallus arcticus

Salmonidae

American smelt

Osmerus mordax

Osmeridae

Apache trout

Oncorhynchus apache

Salmonidae

Arctic char

Salvelinus alpinus

Salmonidae

Arctic cisco

Coregonus autumnalis

Salmonidae

Arctic rainbow smelt

Osmerus dentex

Osmeridae

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Argentine

Argentina striata

Argentinidae

Argentine

Argentina euchus

Argentinidae

Atlantic argentine

Argentina silus

Argentinidae

Atlantic salmon

Salmo salar

Salmonidae

Atlas trout

Salmo akairos

Salmonidae

Australian argentine

Argentina australiae

Argentinidae

Australian grayling

Prototroctes maraena

Retropinnidae

Australian smelt

Retropinna semoni

Retropinnidae

Ayu

Plecoglossus altivelis

Plecoglossidae

Banded kokopu

Galaxias fasciatus

Galaxiidae

Barreleye

Macropinna microstoma

Opisthoproctidae

Bigmouth galaxias

Galaxias platei

Galaxiidae

Black Sea trout

Salmo labrax

Salmonidae

Black-stripe minnow

Galaxiella nigrostriata

Galaxiidae

Blackfin cisco

Coregonus nigripinnis

Salmonidae

Blackmouth

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Salmonidae

Blaufelchen

Coregonus wartmanni

Salmonidae

Bloater

Coregonus hoyi

Salmonidae

Blueback

Oncorhynchus nerka

Salmonidae

Brachygalaxias

Brachygalaxias bullocki

Galaxiidae

Breakfast fish

Mallotus villosus

Osmeridae

Broad whitefish

Coregonus nasus

Salmonidae

Brook trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Salmonidae

Brown mudfish

Neochanna apoda

Galaxiidae

Brown trout

Salmo trutta

Salmonidae

Brownback whitefish

Prosopium coulterii

Salmonidae

Bull trout

Salvelinus malma

Salmonidae

Candlefish

Thaleichthys pacificus

Osmeridae

Canterbury mudfish

Neochanna burrowsius

Galaxiidae

Cape Galaxias

Galaxias zebratus

Galaxiidae

Char

Salvelinus namaycush

Salmonidae

Cherry salmon

Oncorhynchus masou

Salmonidae

Chinese icefish

Salanx chinensis

Salangidae

Chub

Coregonus artedi

Salmonidae

Chum salmon

Oncorhynchus keta

Salmonidae

cigarfish

Hypomesus olidus

Osmeridae

Clark's trout

Oncorhynchus clarkii

Salmonidae

Climbing galaxias

Galaxias brevipinnis

Galaxiidae

Coho salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Salmonidae

Common galaxias

Galaxias maculatus

Galaxiidae

Common icefish

Salangichthys microdon

Salangidae

Common whitefish

Coregonus lavaretus

Salmonidae

Common whitefish

Coregonus clupeaformis

Salmonidae

Day smelt

Hypomesus pretiosus

Osmeridae

Deep-sea smelt

Glossanodon semifasciatus

Argentinidae

Dwarf galaxias

Galaxias divergens

Galaxiidae

East siberian char

Salvelinus leucomaenis

Salmonidae

European cisco

Coregonus albula

Salmonidae

European grayling

Thymallus thymallus

Salmonidae

European smelt

Osmerus eperlanus

Osmeridae

European whitefish

Coregonus macrophthalmus

Salmonidae

Flathead galaxias

Galaxias depressiceps

Galaxiidae

Flathead trout

Salmo platycephalus

Salmonidae

Frost fish

Prosopium cylindraceum

Salmonidae

Galaxias

Galaxiella munda

Galaxiidae

Gila trout

Oncorhynchus gilae

Salmonidae

Glasshead barreleye

Rhynchohyalus natalensis

Opisthoproctidae

Golden trout

Oncorhynchus aguabonita

Salmonidae

Gravenche

Coregonus hiemalis

Salmonidae

Grayling

Prosopium williamsoni

Salmonidae

Greater silver smelt

Glossanodon leioglossus

Argentinidae

Huchen

Hucho hucho

Salmonidae

Humpback

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

Salmonidae

Inconnu

Stenodus leucichthys

Salmonidae

Japanese smelt

Hypomesus nipponensis

Osmeridae

Japanese surf smelt

Hypomesus japonicus

Osmeridae

Jordan's icefish

Neosalanx jordani

Salangidae

Kiyi

Coregonus kiyi

Salmonidae

Least cisco

Coregonus sardinella

Salmonidae

Lenok

Brachymystax lenok

Salmonidae

Lesser argentine

Argentina sphyraena

Argentinidae

Lined argentine

Glossanodon pseudolineatus

Argentinidae

Longfin smelt

Spirinchus thaleichthys

Osmeridae

Mediterranean trout

Salmo macrostigma

Salmonidae

New Caledonian galaxias

Galaxias neocaledonicus

Galaxiidae

New Zealand common smelt

Retropinna retropinna

Retropinnidae

Night smelt

Spirinchus starksi

Osmeridae

North-pacific argentine

Argentina sialis

Argentinidae

Ohrid trout

Salmo letnica

Salmonidae

Powan

Coregonus clupeoides

Salmonidae

Pygmy Argentine

Glossanodon pygmaeus

Argentinidae

Rainbow trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Salmonidae

Sakhalin taimen

Parahucho perryi

Salmonidae

Salamanderfish

Lepidogalaxias salamandroides

Lepidogalaxiidae

Shortjaw cisco

Coregonus zenithicus

Salmonidae

Shortsnout icefish

Neosalanx brevirostris

Salangidae

Southern argentine

Glossanodon australis

Argentinidae

Spotted galaxias

Galaxias truttaceus

Galaxiidae

Stokell's smelt

Stokellia anisodon

Retropinnidae

Striped peladillo

Aplochiton taeniatus

Galaxiidae

Taimen

Hucho taimen

Salmonidae

True fera

Coregonus fera

Salmonidae

Western galaxias

Galaxias occidentalis

Galaxiidae

Whitebait smelt

Allosmerus elongatus

Osmeridae

Zebra galaxias

Aplochiton zebra

Galaxiidae