Trouts, Chars, & Relatives Trout family relations are complicated Here’s a list of the more common species and the part of the world they came from Common Scientific Original Name Name Home Brown, salmon trout Salmo trutta Europe Rainbow trout; 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 Europe and Asia, N char alpinus North America Coregonus N Europe, North Whitefish species America Members of the cod family mature in two to six years, and once provided about a third the tonnage of the herring-family catch Many populations have been exhausted by intensive fishing; but the northern Pacific pollock fishery is still highly productive (it’s used mostly in such prepared foods as surimi and breaded or battered frozen fish) Some cod are farmed in Norway in offshore pens Nile Perch and Tilapia The mainly freshwater family of true perches are fairly minor foodfish in both Europe and North America More prominent today are several farmed relatives that provide alternatives to scarce cod and flatfish fillets The Nile or Lake Victoria perch can grow to 300 lb/135 kg on a diet of other fish, and is farmed in many regions of the world The herbivorous tilapia is also a widely farmed native of Africa; it’s hardy and grows well at ...Members of the cod family mature in two to six years, and once provided about a third the tonnage of the herring-family catch Many populations have been exhausted by intensive fishing; but the northern... The Nile or Lake Victoria perch can grow to 300 lb/135 kg on a diet of other fish, and is farmed in many regions of the world The herbivorous tilapia is also a widely farmed native of Africa; it’s hardy and grows well at ... productive (it’s used mostly in such prepared foods as surimi and breaded or battered frozen fish) Some cod are farmed in Norway in offshore pens Nile Perch and Tilapia The mainly freshwater family of true perches