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

Oncorhynchus Suckley, 1861

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792)
Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792)
Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792)
Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)
Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: サケ属

Literature

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).
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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Oncorhynchus Suckley, 1861. 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:126140

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Oncorhynchus Suckley, 1861. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7e65984e-2c80-4606-ab0c-d3bb79f11d70