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🇷🇺 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

🇷🇺 RussiaInconnu A large anadromous whitefish native to the Caspian Sea basin.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreSea trout Anadromous form of brown trout that migrates between sea and rivers.Salmonid · Between sea and river

WorldBrown trout A widespread salmonid with river, lake and sea forms.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇮🇹 Italy and 4 moreMarble trout Adriatic freshwater salmonid with marbled skinSalmonid · Rivers and lakes

🇷🇺 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 moreCoho salmon Anadromous Pacific salmon known for silver ocean phase and red spawning colours.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Masu salmon: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Cutthroat trout: Hazzard, Lloyde / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
Inconnu: painter, Public domain, source
Sea trout: No machine-readable author provided. Wolfgang Striewski assumed (based, Public domain, source
Brown trout: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
Marble trout: Jaz pa pojdem at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
Chum salmon: Focus Saranpat Ouilapan, CC0, source
Coho salmon: Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington, Public domain, source

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