Salmon in Canada
Different species of salmon are found in different areas
of Canada.
The family Salmonidae is a very diverse group of fish that are
often classified into three, smaller subfamily groups: Salmoninae:
including the trouts, salmons and chars; Coregoninae: including
whitefishes and ciscoes; and Thymallinae: the graylings. These fish
can be found all across Canada.
Pacific Canada
Subfamily Salmoninae
Salvelinus malma - dolly varden
Salvelinus confluentus - bull trout
Salmo clarki - cutthroat trout
Oncorhynchus nerka - sockeye salmon
Oncorhynchys kisutch - coho salmon
Onchorynchus tshawytscha - chinook salmon
Onchorynchus mykiss - rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus keta - chum salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha - pink salmon
Inland Canada
Subfamily Coregoninae
Coregonus alpenae - longjaw cisco
Coregonus artedii - lake herring
Coregonus autumnalis - arctic cisco
Coregonus canadensis - Atlantic whitefish
Coregonus clupaeformis - lake whitefish
Coregonus hoyi - bloater
Coregonus huntsmani - Acadian whitefish
Coregonus johannae - deepwater cisco
Coregonus kiyi - kiyi
Coregonus laurettae - bering cisco
Coregonus nasus - broad whitefish
Coregonus nelsoni - Alaska whitefish
Coregonus nigripinnis - blackfin cisco
Coregonus nipigon - Nipigon cisco
Coregonus pidschian - humpback whitefish
Coregonus reighardi - shortnose cisco
Coregonus sardinella - least cisco
Coregonus zenithicus - shortjaw cisco
Prosopium coulteri - pygmy whitefish
Prosopium cylindraceum - round whitefish
Prosopium williamsoni - mountain whitefish
Stenodus leucichthys - inconnu
Subfamily Thymallinae
Thaymallus arcticus - Arctic grayling
Subfamily Salmoninae
Salvelinus namaycush - lake trout
Salvelinus malma - dolly varden
Salvelinus fontinalis - brook trout
Salvelinus confluentus - bull trout
Salmo clarki - cutthroat trout
Salvelinus alpinus - arctic char
Salmo trutta - brown trout
Salmo salar - Atlantic salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka - sockeye salmon
Oncorhynchys kisutch - coho salmon
Onchorynchus tshawytscha - chinook salmon
Onchorynchus mykiss - rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus keta - chum salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha - pink salmon
Atlantic Canada
Subfamily Coregoninae
Coregonus canadensis - Atlantic whitefish
Subfamily Salmoninae
Salvelinus fontinalis - brook trout
Salvelinus alpinus - arctic char
Salmo trutta - brown trout
Salmo salar - Atlantic salmon
Oncorhynchys kisutch - coho salmon
Onchorynchus tshawytscha - chinook salmon
Onchorynchus mykiss - rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus keta - chum salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha - pink salmon
Arctic Canada
Subfamily Coregoninae
Coregonus artedii - lake herring
Coregonus autumnalis - arctic cisco
Coregonus clupaeformis - lake whitefish
Coregonus nasus - broad whitefish
Coregonus sardinella - least cisco
Prosopium cylindraceum - round whitefish
Stenodus leucichthys - inconnu
Subfamily Thymallinae
Thaymallus arcticus - Arctic grayling
Subfamily Salmoninae
Salvelinus namaycush - lake trout
Salvelinus fontinalis - brook trout
Salvelinus alpinus - arctic char
Salmo salar - Atlantic salmon
Oncorhynchus keta - chum salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha - pink salmon
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