Salmonidae

Salmonidae Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous–Recent[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Salmoniformes Bleeker, 1859
Faimily:	Salmonidae G. Cuvier, 1816
Genera
(see text)

Salmonidae is the name o a faimily o ray-finned fish, the anly livin faimily currently placed in the order Salmoniformes.

1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Salmonidae" in FishBase. December 2008 version.