African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS taxon details

Oncorhynchus Suckley, 1861

AphiaID

126140 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126140)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Salmo scouleri Richardson, 1836 accepted as Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792)

Parent

Salmoninae Jarocki or Schinz, 1822

Synonymised names

Hypsifario Gill, 1862 · unaccepted

Onchorhynchus · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Onchorrhychus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Onchorynchus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Parasalmo Vladykov, 1972 · unaccepted

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Species Oncorhynchus clarkii (Richardson, 1836)
Species Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus masou (Brevoort, 1856)
Species Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus rhodurus Jordan & McGregor, 1925
Species Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus adonis Jordan & McGregor in Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 accepted as Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus canis (Suckley, 1859) accepted as Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus chouicha Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 accepted as Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792) (misspelling)
Species Oncorhynchus clarki (Richardson, 1836) accepted as Oncorhynchus clarkii (Richardson, 1836) (misspelling)
Species Oncorhynchus consuetus (Richardson, 1854) accepted as Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus cooperi (Suckley, 1861) accepted as Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus dermatinus (Richardson, 1854) accepted as Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus gairdnerii (Richardson, 1836) accepted as Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus ishikawae Jordan & McGregor, 1925 accepted as Oncorhynchus masou (Brevoort, 1856)
Species Oncorhynchus ishikawai Jordan & McGregor, 1925 accepted as Oncorhynchus masou (Brevoort, 1856)
Species Oncorhynchus kamloops Jordan, 1892 accepted as Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus kisatch (Walbaum, 1792) accepted as Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792) (misspelling)
Species Oncorhynchus kisutsh (Walbaum, 1792) accepted as Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792) (misspelling)
Species Oncorhynchus lagocephalus (Pallas, 1814) accepted as Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus macrostomus (Günther, 1877) accepted as Oncorhynchus masou (Brevoort, 1856)
Species Oncorhynchus masu (Brevoort, 1856) accepted as Oncorhynchus masou (Brevoort, 1856) (misspelling)
Species Oncorhynchus milktschutsch (Walbaum, 1792) accepted as Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus myskis (Walbaum, 1792) accepted as Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) (misspelling)
Species Oncorhynchus rhodorus Jordan & McGregor, 1925 accepted as Oncorhynchus masou (Brevoort, 1856) (misspelling)
Species Oncorhynchus scouleri (Richardson, 1836) accepted as Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Oncorhynchus tschawytscha (Walbaum, 1792) accepted as Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792) (misspelling)
Species Oncorhynchus tshawytsha (Walbaum, 1792) accepted as Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792) (misspelling)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Oncorhynchus Suckley, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126140 on 2025-06-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Suckley, G. (1861). Notices of certain new species of North American Salmonidae. chiefly in the collection of the N. W. Boundary Commission, in charge of Archibald Campbell, Esq., Commissioner of the United States, collected by Doctor C. B. R. Kennerly, naturalist to the. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 7 (art. 30): 306-313.
page(s): 313 [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Language	Name
Japanese	サケ属	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oncorhynchus)
To Genbank (from synonym Parasalmo Vladykov, 1972)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Oncorhynchus nerka P08831 illustration)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Oncorhynchus nerka P08831 illustration)

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