Oncorhynchus
Oncorhynchus
Oberth (crater)
<catset>Category="Salmonidae"</catset><table border=1 cellpadding=0 style="position:relative; margin: 0 0 0.5em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; float:right; clear:right; width:200px;"><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: pink;"><div style="float:right; font-size:70%; padding:0 .5em 0 2em">?</div><b> Oncorhynchus</b></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;">[image]<br><small> Sockeye Salmon</small></td></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: pink;"><b><a href="Scientific classification">Scientific classification</a></b></th></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><td> <table cellpadding=2 style="margin:0 auto; text-align:left; background:none;"><tr valign=top><td>Kingdom:</td><td><a href="Animal">Animalia</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Phylum:</td><td><a href="Chordate">Chordata</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Class:</td><td><a href="Actinopterygii">Actinopterygii</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Order:</td><td><a href="Salmonidae">Salmoniformes</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Family:</td><td><a href="Salmonidae">Salmonidae</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Genus:</td><td><i><b>Oncorhynchus</b></i><br><small> <a href="George Suckley">Suckley</a>,&nbsp; 1861</small></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style="text-align:center; background: pink;"><th><b> Species</b></th></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0 .5em;"> See text</td></tr></table><p>The genus <i><b>Oncorhynchus</b></i> --derived from the Greek words <i>onkos</i> (hook), <i>rynchos</i> (nose)--contains the Pacific <a href="Salmon">Salmon</a> and <a href="Trout">Trout</a> species. Fossils of Oncorhynchus document a minimum age of 6 million years for the modern species of Pacific trout and salmon. <b>Pacific salmon</b> usually refers to the <i>Oncorhynchus</i> species. This includes but is not limited to the <a href="Coho salmon">coho</a> (<i>Onchorhynchus kisutch</i>), <a href="Rainbow trout">steelhead</a> (<i>Onchorhynchus mykiss</i>) and to the <a href="Cutthroat trout">Cutthroat trout</a> (<i>Onchorhynchus clarki clarki</i> and <i>Onchorhynchus clarki lewisi</i>).<p>Unlike the <a href="Atlantic salmon">Atlantic salmon</a>, most <a href="Fish migration">anadromous</a> <i>Oncorhynchus</i> species die after spawning.<h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Species</h2><ul> <li><i>O. aguabonita</i> - <a href="Golden Trout">Golden trout</a> <li><i>O. apache</i> - <a href="Apache trout">Apache trout</a> <li><i>O. clarkii</i> - <a href="Cutthroat trout">Cutthroat trout</a> <li><i>O. gilae</i> - <a href="Gila trout">Gila trout</a> <li><i>O. gorbuscha</i> - <a href="Pink salmon">Pink salmon</a> or Humpback salmon <li><i>O. ishikawai</i> - Satsukimasu salmon <li><i>O. iwame</i> - Iwame trout <li><i>O. keta</i> - <a href="Chum salmon">Chum salmon</a>, or Dog salmon <li><i>O. kisutch</i> - <a href="Coho salmon">Coho salmon</a>, or locally, "Silvers" or Silver salmon <li><i>O. masou</i> (sometimes <i>O. masu</i>) - <a href="Seema">Seema</a> or Cherry Salmon <li><i>O. mykiss</i> <a href="Rainbow trout">Rainbow trout</a> or Steelhead <li><i>O. nerka</i> - <a href="Sockeye salmon">Sockeye salmon</a>, or locally, Red salmon, or landlocked, Kokanee. <li><i>O. tshawytscha</i> - <a href="Chinook salmon">Chinook salmon</a>, or locally, King, Tyee, Spring, Tule salmon </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">See also</h2><ul> <li><a href="Salmon">Salmon</a> <li><a href="Trout">Trout</a> </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Reference</h2><ul> <li>Stearley, R.F. and Smoth, G. R. 1993. Phylogny of the Pacific trout and salmon (<i>Oncorhynchus</i>) and the genera of family Salmonidae. <i>Transactions of the American Fisheries Society</i> 122:1-33 <li><font color=#700070> Fishbase list of <i>Oncorhynchus</i> species</font> </ul>