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Common Whitefish

Coregonus lavaretus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,497, February 1,106, March 1,732, April 2,725, May 3,929, June 4,284, July 4,585, August 3,943, September 2,895, October 2,161, November 1,181, December 923.
United States30,959
Alaska30,959
Finland18
Italy9
Nord-Est7
Lapland6
France5
Sweden3
Uusimaa3
Norrbottens län3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderSalmons, pikes and mudminnows · Salmoniformes
FamilySalmons, Trouts, and Whitefishes · Salmonidae
GenusWhitefishes · Coregonus

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Common Whitefish with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.