Oncorhynchus
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The genus Oncorhynchus conians the Pacific salmon and trout species. Fossil species of Oncorhynchus document a minimum age of 6 million years for the modem species of Pacific trouts and salmons.
Reference
- Stearley, R.F. and Smoth, G. R. 1993. Phylogny of the Pacific trout and salmon (Oncorhynchus) and the genera of family Salmonidae. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 122:1–33
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