en.unionpedia.org

Alaska whitefish, the Glossary

Index Alaska whitefish

The Alaska whitefish (Coregonus nelsonii) is a species of whitefish in the family Salmonidae.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 6 relations: Family (biology), Freshwater whitefish, Lake whitefish, Salmonidae, Species, Tarleton Hoffman Bean.

  2. Fauna of Alaska
  3. Fish described in 1884
  4. Freshwater fish of the Arctic

Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

See Alaska whitefish and Family (biology)

Freshwater whitefish

The freshwater whitefish are fishes of the subfamily Coregoninae, which contains whitefishes (both freshwater and anadromous) and ciscoes, and is one of three subfamilies in the salmon family Salmonidae.

See Alaska whitefish and Freshwater whitefish

Lake whitefish

The lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) is a species of freshwater whitefish from North America. Alaska whitefish and lake whitefish are Coregonus, freshwater fish of the Arctic and freshwater fish of the United States.

See Alaska whitefish and Lake whitefish

Salmonidae

Salmonidae (lit. "salmon-like") is a family of ray-finned fish that constitutes the only currently extant family in the order Salmoniformes (lit. "salmon-shaped"), consisting of 11 extant genera and over 200 species collectively known as "salmonids" or "salmonoids".

See Alaska whitefish and Salmonidae

Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

See Alaska whitefish and Species

Tarleton Hoffman Bean

Tarleton Hoffman Bean (October 8, 1846 – December 28, 1916) was an American ichthyologist.

See Alaska whitefish and Tarleton Hoffman Bean

See also

Fauna of Alaska

Fish described in 1884

Freshwater fish of the Arctic

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_whitefish

Also known as Coregonus nelsonii.