Salmons, Trouts and Whitefishes - Family: Salmonidae
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Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss
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Brown Trout - Salmo trutta
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Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Order: Salmoniformes (Salmons, Trouts and Mudminnows)
> Suborder: Salmonoidei
> Family: Salmonidae (Salmons, Trouts and Whitefishes)
> Subfamily: Salmoninae (Salmons and Trouts)
> Genus: Oncorhynchus (Pacific Salmons and Trouts)
> Species: O. mykiss - Rainbow Trout
> Genus: Salmo
> Species: S. trutta - Brown Trout
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