Trouts,Chars,&Relatives
Trout family relations are complicated.
Here’s a list of the more common species
andthepartoftheworldtheycamefrom.
Common
Scientific
Original
Name
Name
Home
Brown,salmontrout Salmotrutta Europe
Rainbowtrout;
W.North
Oncorhynchus
Steelhead
America,
mykiss
(seagoing)
Asia
Brook
Salvelinus
E.North
trout
fontinalis
America
Lake
Salvelinus
N.North
trout
namaycush
America
Arctic Salvelinus N.EuropeandAsia,N.
char
alpinus
NorthAmerica
Coregonus
N.Europe,North
Whitefish
species
America
Membersofthecodfamilymatureintwo
to six years, and once provided about a third
thetonnageoftheherring-familycatch.Many
populationshavebeenexhaustedbyintensive
fishing; but the northern Pacific pollock
fishery is still highly productive (it’s used
mostly in such prepared foods as surimi and
breadedorbatteredfrozenfish).Somecodare
farmedinNorwayinoffshorepens.
NilePerchandTilapia
Themainlyfreshwaterfamilyoftrueperches
arefairlyminorfoodfishinbothEuropeand
NorthAmerica.Moreprominenttodayare
severalfarmedrelativesthatprovide
alternativestoscarcecodandflatfishfillets.
TheNileorLakeVictoriaperchcangrowto
300lb/135kgonadietofotherfish,andis
farmedinmanyregionsoftheworld.The
herbivoroustilapiaisalsoawidelyfarmed
nativeofAfrica;it’shardyandgrowswellat