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Salmoniformes  

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  • general or unspecified; prefer specific families or specific genera

Scope note

  • An order of fish comprising salmons, trouts, whitefish, graylings, and other families. They are both marine and freshwater fish, found in all oceans and are quite numerous in the Northern Hemisphere. (From Nelson: Fishes of the World)

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