Oncorhynchus
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The genus Oncorhynchus --derived from the Greek words onkos (hook), rynchos (nose)--contains the Pacific salmon and trout species. Fossils of Oncorhynchus document a minimum age of 6 million years for the modern species of Pacific trout and salmon. Pacific salmon usually refers to the Oncorhynchus species. This includes but is not limited to the coho (Onchorhynchus kisutch), steelhead (Onchorhynchus mykiss) and to the cutthroat trout (Onchorhynchus clarki clarki and Onchorhynchus clarki lewisi).
Unlike the Atlantic salmon, most anadromous Oncorhynchus species die after spawning.
Species
- O. aguabonita - Golden trout
- O. apache - Apache trout
- O. clarkii - Cutthroat trout
- O. gilae - Gila trout
- O. gorbuscha - Pink salmon or Humpback salmon
- O. ishikawai - Satsukimasu salmon
- O. iwame - Iwame trout
- O. keta - Chum salmon
- O. kisutch - Coho salmon
- O. masou (sometimes O. masu) - Seema or Cherry Salmon
- O. mykiss Rainbow trout or Steelhead
- O. nerka - Sockeye salmon
- O. tshawytscha - Chinook salmon, or locally, King, Tyee, Spring salmon
See also
Reference
- Stearley, R.F. and Smoth, G. R. 1993. Phylogny of the Pacific trout and salmon (Oncorhynchus) and the genera of family Salmonidae. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 122:1-33
- Fishbase list of Oncorhynchus species
