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Order Salmoniformes

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Order Salmoniformes (7 suborders, 39 families, 1000 species)

• Suborder Salmonoidei (4 families, 100 species)
  • Family Salmonidae
    Salmon
    Trout
    • Genus Salmo
      • Salmo salar
        Atlantic Salmon
      • Salmo trutta
        Brown Trout
    • Genus Oncorhynchus (6-7 species)
      • Oncorhynchus nerka
        Sockeye or Red Salmon
      • Oncorhynchus kisutch
        Coho or Silver Salmon
      • Oncorhynchus keta
        Chum or Dog Salmon
      • Oncorhynchus masu
        Cherry Salmon
      • Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
        Humpback Salmon
      • Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
        Chinook Salmon
      • Oncorhynchus aguabonita
        Golden Trout
  • Family Osmeridae
    Smelt
    • Genus Osmerus
      • Osmerus mordax
        American Smelt
      • Osmerus operianus
        European Smelt
      • Osmerus dentex
        Rainbow Herring
    • Genus Hypomesus
      • Hypomesus pretiosus
        Surf Smelt
    • Genus Mallotus
      • Mallotus villosus
        Capelin
    • Genus Thaleichthys
      • Thaleichthys pacificus
        Candlefish or Eulachon
  • Family Plecoglossidae
    Sweetfish
    • Genus Plecoglossus
      • Plecoglossus altivelis
  • Family Salangidae
    Icefish
• Suborder Galaxioidei (4 families, 50 species)
  • Family Retropinnidae
    New Zealand Smelts
  • Family Galaxiidae
  • Family Aplochitonidae
    South American Trout
  • Family Prototroctidae
    New Zealand Grayling
• Suborder Escoidei (2 families, 10 species)
  • Family Esocidae
    Pike
    • Genus Esox
      • Esox lucius
        Northern Pike
  • Family Umbridae
    Mudminnow
    • Genus Umbra
      • Umbra pygmaea
        Eastern Mudminnow or Rockfish
      • Umbra limi
        Central Mudminnow
    • Genus Novumbra
• Suborder Argentinoidei (3 families, 50 species)
  • Family Argentinidae
    Argentine
  • Family Bathylagidae
    Deep Sea Smelt
  • Family Opisthoproctidae
    Barreleye
• Suborder Stomiatoidei (7 families, 350 species)
  • Family Stomiatidae
    Scaly Dragonfish
  • Family Gonostomatidae
    Bristlemouth
  • Family Sternoptychidae
    Hatchet Fish
  • Family Astronesthidae
    Snaggletoothed Fish
  • Family Melanostomiatidae
    Scaleless Dragonfish
  • Family Chauliodontidae (1 genus, 6 species)
    Viperfish
    • Genus Chauliodus (6 species)
      • Chauliodus macouni
        Pacific Viperfish
  • Family Idiacanthidae
    Black Dragonfish
• Suborder Alepocephaloidei (4 families, 120 species)
  • Family Alepocephalidae
    Smoothhead
  • Family Bathylaconidae
    Bony Throat
  • Family Searsiidae
    Tubeshoulder
  • Family Bathyprionidae
• Suborder Myctophoidei (15 families, 470 species)
  • Family Myctophidae
    Lantern Fish
  • Family Aulopodidae
    Thread-sail Fishes
  • Family Synodontidae
    Lizard Fish
  • Family Harpodontidae
    Bombay Duck
    • Genus Harpodon
  • Family Chlorophthalmidae
    Green-eye
  • Family Bathypteroidae
    Spider Fish
  • Family Ipnopidae
    Grid-eye Fish
  • Family Paralepididae (50 species)
    Barracudina
  • Family Omosudidae
    Hammerjaw
  • Family Anotopteridae
    Javelin Fish
  • Family Evermannellidae
    Sabre-toothed Fish
  • Family Scopelosauridae
    Paperbone
  • Family Neoscopelidae
    Blackchin
  • Scopelarchidae
    Pearleye
  • Family Alepisauridae (1 genus, 2 species)
    Lancet Fish
    • Genus Alepisaurus (2 species)
      • Alepisaurus ferox
        Longnose Lancet Fish
      • Alepisaurus richardsoni
        Pacific Lancet Fish

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