"family salmonidae" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: fish family - any of various families of fish
member holonym:
- salmonid - soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters
- salmon - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
- genus salmo, salmo - type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout
- genus oncorhynchus, oncorhynchus - Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon
- genus salvelinus, salvelinus - brook trout
belongs to: isospondyli, order isospondyli - most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon

same as: salmonidae