Salmonid paper in Current Biology

Brand, J.A., Thorstad, E.B., Quinn, T.P., Brodin, T., Bertram, M.G. 2024. Salmonid fishes. Curr. Biol. 34, R877–R890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.08.054 | PDF

What are salmonid fishes? Salmonid fishes (family: Salmonidae) are ray-finned fishes that encompass over 200 species of char, grayling, lenok, Atlantic and Pacific salmon, taimen, trout and whitefish that are native to the northern hemisphere and widely introduced within and beyond their native ranges (Figure 1A). Mature salmonids vary greatly in size, from the pygmy whitefish (Prosopium coulterii) averaging about 12 cm to the common taimen (Hucho taimen; Figure 1B), which can reach two meters. Salmonids are predominantly mid-level predators, feeding on small fishes and invertebrates, and are important as prey for marine and terrestrial mammals, larger fishes and birds.