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Coregonus huntsmani Scott, 1987 
AphiaID: 158074

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Salmoniformes (Order) > Salmonidae (Family) > Coregoninae (Subfamily) > Coregonus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Coregonus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa		  Coregonus canadensis Scott, 1967
Sources  basis of record: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Atlantic whitefish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on Atlantic herring, amphipods, decapods and eelgrass [details]

Distribution: Yarmouth Harbour, Tusket River drainage and Leipsigate Lake in southern Nova Scotia [details]

Habitat: anadromous species; inhabit nearshore, coastal waters of lakes and rivers [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Reproduction: External fertilization [details]
Image 
Coregonus canadensis
[image from synonym]
Coregonus canadensis
added on 2008-12-12 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158074
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-25 08:24:16Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Coregonus huntsmani Scott, 1987. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158074 on 2013-06-19
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