Freshwater whitefish
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| Freshwater whitefish | |
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| Bloater (Coregonus hoyi) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Subfamily: | Coregoninae |
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The freshwater whitefish are fish of the subfamily Coregoninae in the salmon family Salmonidae. Along with the freshwater whitefish, the Salmonidae include the freshwater and anadromous trout and salmon species (subfamily Salmoninae) as well as graylings (subfamily Thymallinae). The freshwater whitefish subfamily consists of the genera Coregonus, Prosopium and Stenodus.
[edit] References
- Behnke, Robert J. (2002). Trout and Salmon of North America. Free Press. ISBN 9780743222204.
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