It’s important to note that trout and salmon

Is salmon in the same family as trout?

Trout are closely related to salmon and char (or charr): species termed salmon and char occur in the same genera as do fish called trout (Oncorhynchus – Pacific salmon and trout, Salmo – Atlantic salmon and various trout, Salvelinus – char and trout). … Arctic char and brook trout are part of the char family.

What trout turns into salmon?

Meet the anadromous subspecies of Oncorhynchus mykiss, a trout that behaves like a salmon. Until just a few days ago, anyone interested in learning about B.C.’s struggling steelhead might stumble upon a website from Fisheries and Oceans Canada describing them as a type of Pacific salmon.