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North American Trout & Salmon Species


The following is a listing of the common and scientific names of all the fishes discussed in the book Trout and Salmon of North America by Robert Behnke. North American salmon, trout, char, graylings, white fishes, and ciscoes of the family Salmonidae are grouped by genera and appear in the order as described in the text. A supplemental list, arranged by family, of other fishes mentioned in the book follows the main listing.

Genus Oncorhynchus

Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch

pink salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta

sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka

rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

coastal rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus

redband trout of the Columbia River basin, Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri

redband trout of the Northern Great Basin, Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii

Northern Sacramento River redband trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss stonei

Sheepheaven redband trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss subspecies

Eagle Lake rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss aquilarum

South Fork Kern and Golden Trout Creek golden trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita

Little Kern River golden trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss whitei

Kern River rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti

rainbow trout of Mexico, Oncorhynchus mykiss subspecies

Gila trout, Oncorhynchus gilae gilae

Apache trout, Oncorhynchus gilae apache

Mexican golden trout, Oncorhynchus chrysogaster

cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki

coastal cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki clarki

westslope cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi

Yellowstone cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki bouvieri

Snake River finespotted cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki behnkei

Bonneville cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki utah

Colorado River cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus

greenback cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki stomias

yellowfin cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki macdonaldi

Rio Grande cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis

Lahontan cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi

Paiute cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki seleniris

Alvord cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki alvordensis

Whitehorse Basin cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki subspecies

Humboldt cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki subspecies

 
Genus Salmo

Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar

brown trout, Salmo trutta


Genus Salvelinus

brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis

lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush

bull trout, Salvelinus confluentus

Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus

Taranets char, Salvelinus alpinus taranetzi

Sunapee trout, Salvelinus alpinus oquassa

Dolly Varden, Salvelinus malma


Other Salmonids

Arctic grayling, Thymallus arcticus

mountain whitefish, Prosopium williamsoni

Bear Lake whitefish, Prosopium abyssicola

Bonneville whitefish, Prosopium spilonotus

Bonneville cisco, Prosopium gemmifer

lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis


Other Fishes

Family Petromyzontidae

sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus

Family Acipenseridae

pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus

shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

Family Clupeidae

alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus

Family Cyprinidae

common carp, Cyprinus carpio

Alvord chub, Gila alvordensis

tui chub, Gila bicolor

humpback chub, Gila cypha

bonytail, Gila elegans

roundtail chub, Gila robusta

northern pikeminnow, Ptychocheilus oregonensis

longnose dace, Rhinichthys cataractae

speckled dace, Rhinichthys osculus

redside shiner, Richardsonius balteatus

Family Catostomidae

Utah sucker, Catostomus ardens

longnose sucker, Catostomus catostomus

Sacramento sucker, Catostomus occidentalis

mountain sucker, Catostomus platyrhynchus

shortnose sucker, Chasmistes brevirostris

cui-ui sucker, Chasmistes cujus

June sucker, Chasmistes liorus

Family Osmeridae

European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus

rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax

Family Salmonidae

European cisco, Coregonus albula

cisco, Coregonus artedi

masu salmon, Oncorhynchus masou

round whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum

white-spotted char, Salvelinus leucomaenis

inconnu, Stenodus leucichthys

Mongolian grayling, Thymallus brevirostris

Kosogol grayling, Thymallus nigrescens

European grayling, Thymallus thymallus

taimen, Hucho taimen

Danube huchen, Hucho hucho

Family Cottidae

mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi

Paiute sculpin, Cottus beldingi

slimy sculpin, Cottus cognatus

Bear Lake sculpin, Cottus extensus

deepwater sculpin, Myoxocephalus thompsoni

Family Centrarchidae

Sacramento perch, Archoplites interruptus

 
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