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Salmo

Genus of fishes

Species / taxontaxonQ310436

Scientific name: Salmo
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1.Stated in Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemRetrieved 2013-09-19
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Rank: genus
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1.Stated in Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemRetrieved 2013-09-19
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Parent taxon: Salmonini

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Salmo is a genus of ray-finned fish from the subfamily Salmoninae of family Salmonidae, and is part of the tribe Salmonini along with the sister genera Salvelinus and Salvethymus. Almost all Salmo species are native only in the Old World, the only exception being the Atlantic salmon, which is also naturally found across the North Atlantic in eastern North America.

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Taxon synonym: Trutta
Started: 23000th millennium BCE
This taxon is source of: salmon as food

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