confluentus, Salmo Suckley [G.] 1859:8 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 7 (art. 1); ref. 18855] Puyallup River, near Fort Steilacoom, Puget Sound, Washington, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 1135 (skin). •Synonym of Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum 1792) -- (Okada 1961:309 [ref. 6363], La Rivers 1994:247 [ref. 23389]). •Valid as Salvelinus confluentus (Suckley 1859) -- (Cavender 1978:139 [ref. 31314], Lee et al. 1980:113 [ref. 22416], Carl et al. 1989 [ref. 19502], McAllister 1990:85 [ref. 14674], Page & Burr 1991:50 [ref. 18983], Stearley & Smith 1993:21 [ref. 26683], Thurow et al. 1997:1094 [ref. 25523], Broughton 2000:647 [ref. 24593] as cf. confluentus, Mecklenburg et al. 2002:201 [ref. 25968], Moyle 2002:296 [ref. 26449], Wydoski & Whitney 2003:94 [ref. 27816], Nelson et al. 2004:86 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2006:33 [ref. 30386], McPhail 2007:317 [ref. 31199], Page & Burr 2011:398 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:87 [ref. 32708], Oleinik et al. 2015:Eng. 62 [ref. 33831], Pietsch & Orr 2015:23 [ref. 34694], Love et al. 2021:54 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:83 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Salvelinus confluentus (Suckley 1859). Salmonidae: Salmoninae. Distribution: North America: northwestern U.S.A. and southwestern Canada. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.