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Descriptor English: Salmoniformes
Descriptor Spanish: Salmoniformes
Descriptor Salmoniformes
Scope note: Orden de peces que comprende los salmones, las truchas, el corégono, los tímalos y otras familias. Son peces de agua salada y dulce, se encuentran en todos los océanos y abundan en el hemisferio norte. (Nelson: Fishes of the World.)
Descriptor Portuguese: Salmoniformes
Descriptor French: Salmoniformes
Entry term(s): Salmoniforme
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.493.817
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017858
Scope note: An order of fish comprising salmons, trouts, whitefish, graylings, and other families. 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)
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specific families or specific genera
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31060
Unique ID: D017858
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Salmoniformes - Preferred
Concept UI M0026982
Scope note An order of fish comprising salmons, trouts, whitefish, graylings, and other families. 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)
Preferred term Salmoniformes
Entry term(s) Salmoniforme



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