salmonid
- noun
- /ˈsælmənɪd/
- Specialized
- The salmonid species migrate to freshwater rivers to spawn each year.
- anadromous salmonids
- Pacific salmonids
- salmonid fish
Examples
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Salmonids require spawning habitats that have cool, clear water and stable gravel beds.
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The unstable channels also typically provide poor habitat for spawning and rearing salmonid fish.
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The ability to move is crucial to every part of the salmonid cycle.
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The problem is complicated by the fact that different salmonid species have different movement patterns and habitat requirements.
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As the case studies demonstrate, past decisions on salmonid habitat conservation have not been based on science alone.
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In Atlantic Canada, the Salmonid Demonstration and Development Farm was established to help local salmon farmers.
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The first is a survey of salmonid populations in Oregon's coastal streams.
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Juvenile salmonids require a diverse and connected habitat that utilizes practically every segment of the stream environment.
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The geographic focus on high-latitude and high-altitude rivers entails that salmonids, the predominant fish family in this region, are over-represented in the literature.
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The agency developed separate conservation strategies for spotted owls, marbled murrelets, salmonids, and a "multi-species" strategy that provided habitats for forty-nine other at-risk wildlife species.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Salmonid comes from the fish name salmon and the scientific ending -id or -idae, which means 'belonging to a family'. So a salmonid is a fish that belongs to the salmon family, like salmon and trout.