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WoRMS taxon details
Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill, 1818) AphiaID: 158726
| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Coregonus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Synonymised taxa | |
Coregonus albus Lesueur, 1818
Coregonus atikameg Bajkov, 1933
Coregonus clupeiformis (Mitchill, 1818) (misspelling)
Coregonus labradoricus (Richardson, 1836)
Coregonus latior Agassiz, 1850
Coregonus sapidissimus Agassiz, 1850
Salmo clupeaformis Mitchill, 1818
Salmo labradoricus Richardson, 1836
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| 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]
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Vernacular Names | | | Language | Name | | |
English |
common whitefish |
[details] |
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English |
lake whitefish |
[details] |
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French |
grand corégone |
[details] |
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | British Columbia [details]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Hudson Bay [details]
Hudson Strait [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
North West Territories [details]
Ungava Bay [details]
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| Host of | |
Salmincola thymalli (Kessler, 1868) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Achtheres coregoni (Smith S.I., 1874) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Achtheres corpulentus Kellicott, 1880 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Achtheres pimelodi Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus caeruleus Wilson C.B., 1911 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus confusus Bere, 1931 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus nerkae Roberts, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus auritus Markevich, 1940 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Salmincola coregonorum (Kessler, 1868) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Salmincola corpulentus (Kellicott, 1882) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Salmincola extumescens (Gadd, 1901) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Salmincola extensa (Kessler, 1868) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Salmincola inermis (Wilson C.B., 1911) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | | To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (93 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (10475 nucleotides; 162 proteins)
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Diet: Feeds on insects, mollusks, amphipods, fishes and fish eggs, including their own [details]
Distribution: throughout Alaska and Canada south into New England, the Great Lakes Basin and central Minnesota [details]
Habitat: Found at depths of 18- 128 m, in rivers and, primarily lakes. [details]
Habitat: benthic [details]
Importance: Social- Commercial, gamefish [details]
Predators: Bony fishes, including perch and sea lamprey [details]
Reproduction: External fertilization [details]
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| Image | |
Coregonus clupeaformis - lake whitefish added on 2011-02-15 - author: Nozères, Claude qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158726 |
Taxonomic Edit history | |
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| | | [Taxonomic tree] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] |
| | | Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill, 1818). 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=158726 on 2013-05-18 |
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