salmonid

Other forms: salmonids

Definitions of salmonid

1. noun

   soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters
   types:

   salmon

   any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

   trout

   any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons

   char, charr

   any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus

   blackfish

   female salmon that has recently spawned

   redfish

   male salmon that has recently spawned

   Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar

   found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning

   Oncorhynchus nerka, blueback salmon, red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon

   small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning

   Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon

   large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

   Oncorhynchus keta, chum, chum salmon

   a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish

   Oncorhynchus kisutch, blue jack, coho, coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon

   small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes

   Salmo trutta, brown trout, salmon trout

   speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America

   Salmo gairdneri, rainbow trout

   found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska

   Salvelinus namaycush, lake trout, salmon trout

   large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States

   Salvelinus fontinalis, brook trout, speckled trout

   North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe

   Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus

   small trout of northern waters; landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England

   type of:

   malacopterygian, soft-finned fish

   any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii