| Family: |
Salmonidae (Salmonids), subfamily: Coregoninae |
| Max. size: |
40 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
pelagic-neritic; freshwater; brackish; marine, anadromous |
| Distribution: |
Western Atlantic: known only from Yarmouth Harbor, Tusket River drainage, and Leipsigate Lake in southern Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 9-12; Vertebrae: 63-64. Body elongate and tapering, compressed laterally but less so than lake whitefish, greatest body depth at front of dorsal fin. Head relatively short, never observed with nuchal hump; eye small, adipose eyelid distinct; snout length always greater than eye diameter; upper jaw or snout projecting slightly in large males |
| Biology: |
Adults occur in near-shore coastal waters, open water of lakes and small to large rivers, and often in current in rivers. This species belongs to C. clupeaformis complex (Ref. 5723). Anadromous (Ref. 5951). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 21 July 2015 (B1ab(iii)) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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