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Salmonidae

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Salmonidae
Temporal range:Upper Cretaceous–Recent[1]
Chinook salmon(Oncorhynchus tschawytscha)
Scientific classificatione
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Bleeker,1859
Faimily: Salmonidae
G. Cuvier,1816
Genera
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Salmonidaeis the name o afaimilyoray-finned fish,the anly livin faimily currently placed in theorderSalmoniformes.

References

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  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008)."Salmonidae"inFishBase.December 2008 version.