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ray-finned fishes

Local animals in this group:

salmon, trout, whitefish, and relatives

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Salmons

Salmoniformes

Kingdom Animalia (animal kingdom)
- Phylum Chordata (chordates)
  - Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
    - Order Salmoniformes (salmons)
      - Family Salmonidae (salmon, trout, whitefish, and relatives)
        
        Species Coregonus clupeaformis (lake whitefish)
        
        Species Coregonus hoyi (bloater)
        
        Species Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout)
        
        Species Salvelinus fontinalis (brook trout)
        
        Species Salvelinus namaycush (lake trout)

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