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Oncorhynchus

Oncorhynchus

Sockeye Salmon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Salmoniformes
Family:Salmonidae
Genus:Oncorhynchus
Species

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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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