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Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen


8.0 Appendix

Common and Scientific Nomenclature for Salmonid and Salmonid-like Fishes of British Columbia

FAMILY

SUB-FAMILY

GENUS

SPECIES

COMMON NAME(S)

Salmonidae

Salmoniae

Oncorhynchus

keta

chum salmon

   

Oncorhynchus

kisutch

coho salmon

   

Oncorhynchus

tshawytscha

chinook salmon

   

Oncorhynchus

gorbuscha

pink salmon

   

Oncorhynchus

nerka

sockeye salmon, kokanee

   

Oncorhynchus

mykiss

rainbow,
steelhead trout

   

Oncorhynchus

clarki

coastal cutthroat trout

   

Salmo

trutta

brown trout

   

Salvelinus

malma

Dolly Varden

   

Salvelinus

confluentus

bull trout,
western brook char

   

Salvelinus

fontinalis

brook trout

   

Salvelinus

namaycush

lake trout

 

Coregoninae

Coregonus

clupeaformis

lake whitefish

   

Coregonus

nasus

broad whitefish

   

Coregonus

sardinella

least cisco

   

Coregonus

alpenae

longjaw cisco

   

Coregonus

artedii

lake herring

   

Prosopium

williamsoni

mountain whitefish

   

Prosopium

cylindraceum

round whitefish

   

Prosopium

coulteri

pygmy whitefish

   

Stenodus

leucichythys

inconnu

 

Thymallinae

Thymallus

arcticus

arctic grayling

Esocidae

 

Esox

lucius

northern pike

 

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