Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Salmoniformes > Family Salmonidae > Subfamily Salmoninae

Salmo Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Salmo aphelios Kottelat, 1997
Salmo balcanicus (Karaman, 1927)
Salmo carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Salmo cenerinus Chiereghini, 1847
Salmo cettii Rafinesque, 1810
Salmo ciscaucasicus Dorofeyeva, 1967
Salmo dentex (Heckel, 1851)
Salmo ezenami Berg, 1948
Salmo farioides Karaman, 1938
Salmo ferox Jardine, 1835
Salmo fibreni Zerunian & Gandolfi, 1990
Salmo labrax Pallas, 1814
Salmo letnica (Karaman, 1924)
Salmo lumi Poljakov, Filipi & Basho, 1958
Salmo macedonicus (Karaman, 1924)
Salmo marmoratus Cuvier, 1829
Salmo montenigrinus (Karaman, 1933)
Salmo nigripinnis Günther, 1866
Salmo obtusirostris (Heckel, 1851)
Salmo ohridanus Steindachner, 1892
Salmo pelagonicus Karaman, 1938
Salmo peristericus Karaman, 1938
Salmo rhodanensis Fowler, 1974
Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758
Salmo schiefermuelleri Bloch, 1784
Salmo stomachicus Günther, 1866
Salmo taleri (Karaman, 1932)
Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: タイセイヨウサケ属

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
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
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
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.

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Salmo Linnaeus, 1758. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126141

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Salmo Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b9951906-9ed6-4757-a622-d3acb383848a