salmonid
Trout or salmon
A salmonid is any fish belonging to the salmon family, which includes salmon, trout, char, grayling, and whitefish.
These cold-water fish are prized by anglers and typically have fatty flesh, an adipose fin, and often return to freshwater to spawn: The river supports healthy salmonid populations.
Used as both noun and adjective: salmonid species.
Larval salmon stage
- fryCook in hot fat
- parrImmature salmon with markings
- smoltSalmon ready for saltwater
- grilseFirst-year returning salmon
spawning · anadromous · natal · imprinting · migration · juvenile · maturation · senescence
Freshwater game fish
- charBurn without destroying
- graylingTall-finned salmon relative
- whitefishSilvery cold-water fish
- rainbowRefracted light arc
brown · brook · cutthroat · steelhead · sockeye · chinook · coho · pink
Relating to riverbanks
- streamSteady continuous flow
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
riffle · pool · estuary · tributary · headwaters · redds · instream · fluvial
Catching trout with artificial lures
- rodThin rigid stick
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- lureThing that tempts
- castingShaping through liquid form
tippet · leader · streamer · nymph · catch-and-release · waders · drift · hook
Plates or weighing devices
- miltFish sperm gland
- roeAquatic reproductive material
- swim-bladderFish buoyancy organ
- otolithInner ear balance crystal
maxilla · operculum · chromatophores · mucus · dentition · vertebrae
At risk of extinction
- restorationReturning something to condition
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
- hatcheryEgg incubation facility
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
native · threatened · recovery · reintroduction · fishway · culvert · barrier · escapement
Range of life forms
- predationHunting and consuming prey
- keystoneArch's central locking stone
- indicatorSign revealing status
- bioaccumulationPollutant concentration in tissues
forage · trophic · ecosystem · invertebrates · prey · carrion · scavengers
Cultivating land for food
- cagesBarred enclosures for confinement
- netsMesh devices for catching
- feedSupply with sustenance
- fingerlingsJuvenile fish for stocking
harvest · fishmeal · stocking · biosecurity · vaccination · fallowing · intensive · land-based
alevin
Larval salmon stage
grilse · spawning · anadromous · natal · imprinting · migration · juvenile · maturation · senescence · egg
trout
Freshwater game fish
rainbow · brown · brook · cutthroat · steelhead · sockeye · chinook · coho · pink · chum
riparian
Relating to riverbanks
gravel · riffle · pool · estuary · tributary · headwaters · redds · instream · fluvial · run
fly-fishing
Catching trout with artificial lures
casting · tippet · leader · streamer · nymph · catch-and-release · waders · drift · hook · creel
scales
Plates or weighing devices
- miltFish sperm gland
- roeAquatic reproductive material
- swim-bladderFish buoyancy organ
otolith · maxilla · operculum · chromatophores · mucus · dentition · vertebrae
endangered
At risk of extinction
- restorationReturning something to condition
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
- hatcheryEgg incubation facility
wild · native · threatened · recovery · reintroduction · fishway · culvert · barrier · escapement · population
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- predationHunting and consuming prey
- keystoneArch's central locking stone
- indicatorSign revealing status
bioaccumulation · forage · trophic · ecosystem · invertebrates · prey · carrion · scavengers
farming
Cultivating land for food
fingerlings · harvest · fishmeal · stocking · biosecurity · vaccination · fallowing · intensive · land-based · disease
salmonidcarp
Whine about trivialities
tropical fish · catfish · cichlid · tilapia · largemouth bass
- smoked salmonCured, preserved fish fillet
- salmon runsAnnual upstream breeding journey
- wild salmonFree-swimming pacific fish
- grilled salmonHeat-seared pink fish
- salmon filletBoneless cut of pink fish
- canned salmonPreserved fish in tins