SALMONIFORME
\sˈalmənˌɪfɔːm], \sˈalmənˌɪfɔːm], \s_ˈa_l_m_ə_n_ˌɪ_f_ɔː_m]\
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An order of fish comprising pikes, salmons, mudminnows, smelts, barreleyes, slickheads, trouts, and many other families - totalling 24 - with 145 genera and 508 species. They are both marine and freshwater fish, found in all oceans and are quite numerous in the Northern Hemisphere. (From Nelson: Fishes of the World)
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