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Coregonus nelsonii (Alaska whitefish)

Synonyms: Coregonus nelsoni
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Wikipedia Abstract

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). The Alaska whitefish is part of the Coregonus clupeaformis complex (lake whitefishes).
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Migration [1]  Potamodromous

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♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0