Alaska whitefish
The Alaska whitefish (Coregonus nelsonii) is a species of whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is found in parts of northwestern North America, where it occurs only in small and large rivers, and rarely in lakes. The maximum length recorded for this species is 56.0 cm (22.0 in).
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Coregonus |
| Species: | C. nelsonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Coregonus nelsonii T. H. Bean, 1884 | |
The Alaska whitefish is part of the Coregonus clupeaformis complex (lake whitefishes).
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2009). "Coregonus nelsonii" in FishBase. December 2009 version.
- "Coregonus nelsonii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
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