salmonidae

IPA: sˈæmʌnɪdeɪ

Root Word: Salmonidae

Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish that constitutes the only currently extant family in the order Salmoniformes .

Examples of "salmonidae" in Sentences

There seemed to be as great a diversity of opinion about the female species as, let us say, about the salmonidae.
The Tara and its tributaries, as well as the lakes, contain a large number of salmonidae including Salmo trutem fario, Hucho hucho (VU) and Thimalus thimalus.
Seven species of fish have been recorded, including two introduced alien species of salmonidae and the rare endemic Drakensberg minnow Oreodaimon zuathlambae.
(sturgeons and _salmonidae_), and its herring (_Salmo omul_) is the chief product of the fisheries, though notably fewer have been taken within the last forty or fifty years.
One degree more exacting to arms and legs than the more universal employment of the pretty 10-foot trout rod with the purely fresh-water species of the salmonidae, it still falls short of the heavier demands of the salmon or pike rod.