>>607490Are there salmonidae, or rather more specifically, trout in the eastern part of the world? how about south america, south africa [where bass is the primary gamefish]
sure trout are a member of salmonidae, but just because salmonidae have 66 species doesn't mean there are 66 species of trout. are trout not a SUBSPECIES of salmonidae?
Just because a genus has a large number of species doesn't mean that it covers more of the planet, I'm almost positive bass are more plentiful, and live in more places than trout do.
sure trout are clade with salmonidae, and are a subspecies but that doesn't mean it's a bigger game fish.
now if you wanted to be correct, salmonidae may be the bigger kingdom of gamefish, as opposed to centarchidae. however, although more diverse in species salmonidae might not be as largley classified as a game fish kingdom as centarchidae.
>>607725actually
>>607480is an Esocidae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoxdifferent genus there bub.
In terms of most popular gamefish worldwide, we are both wrong. It's the blue marlin, actually I'm sure sailfish are more widely sought in terms of game fishing than any other species on the planet, due to their wide spread habitat of the fucking entire world.
so in a particular order I'd say.
-sailfish species
-panfish
-bass
-salmoniods [not including trout]
-trout
