salmonid

[ sal-muh-nid ]

/ ˈsæl mə nɪd /

belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.

a salmonid fish.

Origin of salmonid

First recorded in 1865–70, salmonid is from the New Latin word Salmonidae name of the family. See salmon, -id²

Probably the sexually-immature worm occurs in other fishes, especially the Salmonid.

Parasites |T. Spencer Cobbold
Salvelinus, sal-ve-lī′nus, n. a genus of Salmonid, the chars.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) |Various
The Salmonid are found in the rivers flowing into the Arctic Ocean.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 |Various
The whole salmon family—the Salmonid—are typical northern immigrants.

The History of the European Fauna |R. F. Scharff

The species of Salmonid call particularly our attention, from the minuteness of the characters upon which their distinction rests.

The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Vol. XLIX |Various

salmonid

/ (ˈsælmənɪd) /

any fish of the family Salmonidiae