Salmonidae
44 fish on EveryFish name Salmonidae among their families.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇷🇺 Russia and 3 moreChum salmon
A Pacific salmon species known for its large size and wide distribution across the North Pacific.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1836
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreSockeye salmon
Anadromous Pacific salmon known for red spawning colour and zooplankton diet.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1792
🇷🇺 Russia and 2 moreMasu salmon
Pacific salmonid native to East Asian coasts and rivers.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesCutthroat trout
A group of Pacific trout native to western North America, known for red throat markings.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1793
🇺🇸 United StatesApache trout
A golden-spotted trout native to Arizona highlands.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
WorldTaimen
Large freshwater salmonids native to EurasiaSalmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreBaikal black grayling
A Siberian freshwater salmonid found in Lake Baikal and surrounding river systems.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreFerox trout
Large predatory trout native to deep glacial lakes in Britain and Ireland.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1835
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreKokanee salmon
A landlocked freshwater form of the sockeye salmon found in North America and Japan.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina and 2 moreSoftmouth trout
A rare salmonid native to Adriatic rivers in the Balkans.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇯🇵 JapanBiwa trout
Salmonid fish endemic to Lake Biwa in JapanSalmonid · Rivers and lakes · 2025
🇹🇼 TaiwanFormosan landlocked salmon
Endangered freshwater salmon endemic to Taiwan's high mountains.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreOncorhynchus
A genus of migratory fish native to the North Pacific basin.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreBull trout
A large char native to cold rivers of northwestern North America.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1836
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreLake trout
Large freshwater char of northern lakesSalmonid · Rivers and lakes
WorldBrown trout
A widespread salmonid with river, lake and sea forms.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreDolly Varden trout
A cold-water char native to the North Pacific rim.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1792
🇺🇸 United StatesWestslope cutthroat trout
Native salmonid of the upper Columbia and Missouri river basins.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1856
🇺🇸 United StatesLahontan cutthroat trout
Large native trout of the Lahontan Basin in Nevada and surrounding states.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesCalifornia golden trout
Native high-elevation trout of the Sierra NevadaSalmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1892
🇮🇹 Italy and 4 moreMarble trout
Adriatic freshwater salmonid with marbled skinSalmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇹 Austria and 4 moreHuchen
A large freshwater salmonid native to the Danube basin in Central and Eastern Europe.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 Russia and 3 moreSiberian taimen
The world's largest salmonid, found in Eurasian rivers.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreSakhalin taimen
Large, ancient salmonid of Northeast AsiaSalmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreGrayling
A cold-water salmonid fish native to European rivers, prized by anglers for its distinctive dorsal fin.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesGila trout
A copper-coloured salmonid native to the US Southwest.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreArctic grayling
A cold-water salmon relative with a large, colourful dorsal fin.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1776
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreLake whitefish
A cool-water freshwater fish from North America.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreCoho salmon
Anadromous Pacific salmon known for silver ocean phase and red spawning colours.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
North AmericaRainbow trout
A cold-water trout native to the Pacific basin with a distinctive red stripe.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1792
🇳🇴 Norway and 4 moreAtlantic salmon
A large anadromous fish found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and its rivers.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreSteelhead
Anadromous form of the rainbow trout that migrates between ocean and freshwater.Salmonid · Between sea and river
WorldArctic char
Cold-water salmonid native to Arctic and alpine waters.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇺🇸 United StatesCoastal cutthroat trout
A Pacific trout with red throat marksSalmonid · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Coastal cutthroat trout: USFWS - Pacific Region, Public domain, source
- Sockeye salmon: Timothy Knepp of the Fish and Wildlife Service., Public domain, source
- Masu salmon: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cutthroat trout: Hazzard, Lloyde / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Apache trout: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, Public domain, source
- Taimen: Harald Peki (= User Krampus on de.wikipedia), Attribution, source
- Baikal black grayling: Octagon, CC BY 3.0, source
- Ferox trout: Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917), Public domain, source
- Kokanee salmon: self, CC0, source
- Softmouth trout: Jaz pa pojdem, Public domain, source
- Biwa trout: No machine-readable author provided. Vineyard assumed (based on copyri, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Formosan landlocked salmon: 邱文強, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Oncorhynchus: David Menke, Public domain, source
- Bull trout: Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lake trout: Knepp Timothy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Brown trout: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Dolly Varden trout: The original uploader was PDH at English Wikipedia ., Public domain, source
- Westslope cutthroat trout: Craig D. Young, Public domain, source
- Lahontan cutthroat trout: Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office, Public domain, source
- California golden trout: Joshpryor, CC BY 4.0, source
- Marble trout: Jaz pa pojdem at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Huchen: Mladica, Public domain, source
- Siberian taimen: Ojensen at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
- Sakhalin taimen: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Grayling: High Plains Grifter, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gila trout: Salmonid enthusiast, CC BY 4.0, source
- Arctic grayling: No machine-readable author provided. AKSMITH assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Lake whitefish: Ellen Edmonson and Hugh Chrisp, Public domain, source
- Chum salmon: Focus Saranpat Ouilapan, CC0, source
- Rainbow trout: Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Atlantic salmon: Hartley, William W., Public domain, source
- Steelhead: Tobin John, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Arctic char: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Coho salmon: Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington, Public domain, source