lake whitefish

Coregonus clupeaformis

One Hundred Centimeters Trout from North American Waters

lake whitefish is known around North America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 100 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Salmons and Trout
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Maximum length: 100 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: North America: Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific basins throughout most of Canada south into New England, the Great Lakes basin, and central Minnesota, USA; Copper and Susitna river drainages in Alaska. Introduced in northwestern USA (Ref. 86798 ). This species was stocked into high Andean lakes in two countries in southern Latin America (Ref. 1739 ). Probably conspecific with Coregonus lavaretus (Ref. 7506 ). Belongs to Coregonus clupeaformis complex (Ref. 27547 ).

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