Salmo facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Salmo |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Subfamily: | Salmoninae |
| Genus: | Salmo Linnaeus, 1758 |
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| Salmo Salar |
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Salmo is a group of fish that includes many types of salmon and trout. These fish belong to the family called Salmonidae. You might know some of them, like the famous Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and the brown trout (Salmo trutta).
These fish are naturally found in Europe, parts of North Africa, and Western Asia, especially around the Black Sea area. The Atlantic salmon is the only Salmo species found naturally in Atlantic North America. Salmon and trout found in the Pacific Ocean belong to a different group called Oncorhynchus.
The name Salmo comes from the Latin word salmō, which means salmon. Scientists sometimes debate how many different types of Salmo species and subspecies there are. While Atlantic salmon and brown trout are found in many places, most other Salmo types live only in specific river systems or lakes.
Types of Salmo Fish
Here are some of the different types of fish currently in the Salmo group:
- Salmo abanticus (Lake Abant trout)
- Salmo aestivalis (Lake Sevan summer trout)
- Salmo akairos (Lake Ifni trout)
- Salmo aphelios (summer trout)
- Salmo balcanicus (Struga trout)
- Salmo carpio (Lake Garda trout)
- Salmo caspius (Caspian trout)
- Salmo cettii (Mediterranean trout)
- Salmo ciscaucasicus (Terek trout)
- Salmo coruhensis (Çoruh river trout)
- Salmo danilewskii (Gokcha lake trout)
- Salmo dentex (Zubatak trout)
- Salmo euphrataeus (Euphrates trout)
- Salmo ezenami (Kezenoi-am trout)
- Salmo farioides (Balkan brook trout)
- Salmo ferox (Ferox trout)
- Salmo fibreni (Fibreno trout)
- Salmo gegarkuni (Gokcha trout)
- Salmo ischchan (Sevan trout)
- Salmo kottelati (Alakir trout)
- Salmo labecula
- Salmo labrax (Black Sea trout)
- Salmo letnica (Pestani trout)
- Salmo lourosensis (Louros trout)
- Salmo lumi (Lumi trout)
- Salmo macedonicus (Macedonian trout)
- Salmo macrostigma (Maghreb trout)
- Salmo marmoratus (marble trout)
- Salmo montenigrinus (Montenegro trout)
- Salmo multipunctata (Draa trout)
- Salmo nigripinnis (Sonaghen trout)
- Salmo obtusirostris
- S. o. krkensis (Krka softmouth trout)
- S. o. obtusirostris (softmouth trout)
- S. o. oxyrhynchus (Neretva softmouth trout)
- S. o. salonitana (Jadro softmouth trout)
- S. o. zetenzis (Zeta softmouth trout)
- Salmo ohridanus (Ohrid trout)
- Salmo okumusi (Western Euphrates trout)
- Salmo opimus
- †Salmo pallaryi (Sidi Ali trout) - This type is now extinct.
- Salmo pelagonicus (Pelagos trout)
- Salmo pellegrini (Tensift trout)
- Salmo peristericus (Prespa trout)
- Salmo platycephalus (flathead trout)
- Salmo rhodanensis (Rhône trout)
- Salmo rizeensis (Rize River trout)
- Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
- Salmo schiefermuelleri (Austrian Lakes trout)
- Salmo stomachicus (Gillaroo trout)
- Salmo taleri (Zeta trout)
- Salmo tigridis (Upper Tigris trout)
- Salmo trutta
- S. t. aralensis (Aral trout)
- S. t. fario (brown trout)
- S. t. lacustris (lake trout)
- S. t. oxianus (Amu-Darya trout)
- S. t. trutta (sea trout)
- Salmo viridis (green trout)
See also
In Spanish: Salmones y truchas para niños
