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Pacific Salmons and Trouts
Oncorhynchus
Oncorhynchus is a genus of fish in the family Salmonidae; it contains the Pacific salmon and Pacific trout. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek onkos ("hook") and rynchos ("nose"), in reference to the hooked jaws of males in the mating season (the "kype").
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 20 known species
Rainbow Trout
speciesOncorhynchus mykiss
Chinook Salmon
speciesOncorhynchus tshawytscha
Coho Salmon
speciesOncorhynchus kisutch
Sockeye Salmon
speciesOncorhynchus nerka
Chum Salmon
speciesOncorhynchus keta
Pink Salmon
speciesOncorhynchus gorbuscha
Rocky Mountain Cutthroat Trout
speciesOncorhynchus virginalis
Coastal Cutthroat Trout
speciesOncorhynchus clarkii
Westslope Cutthroat Trout
speciesOncorhynchus lewisi
Golden Trout
speciesOncorhynchus aguabonita
Cherry Salmon
speciesOncorhynchus masou
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
speciesOncorhynchus henshawi
Rocky Mountain Cutbow
hybridOncorhynchus mykiss × virginalis
Gila Trout
speciesOncorhynchus gilae
Apache Trout
speciesOncorhynchus apache
Golden × Rainbow Trout
hybridOncorhynchus aguabonita × mykiss
Westslope Cutbow
hybridOncorhynchus mykiss × lewisi
San Pedro Martir Trout
speciesOncorhynchus nelsoni
Biwa Trout
speciesOncorhynchus biwaensis
Coastal Cutbow
hybridOncorhynchus mykiss × clarkii
Pink × Chum Salmon
hybridOncorhynchus gorbuscha × keta
Kunimasu
speciesOncorhynchus kawamurae
Apache × Rainbow Trout
hybridOncorhynchus apache × mykiss
Lahontan Cutbow
hybridOncorhynchus mykiss × henshawi
Mexican Golden Trout
speciesOncorhynchus chrysogaster
Kamchatka Salmon
speciesOncorhynchus penshinensis
Rosy Salmon
speciesOncorhynchus gorbuschka
Spike-toothed Salmon
speciesOncorhynchus rastrosus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47522.