Salmonidae

Atlantic whitefish

Coregonus huntsmani

Landlocked lake populations are all that remain

• White
• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• North America
• Elongated
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Temperate fish

The Atlantic whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani) is a coregonine fish inhabiting some freshwater lakes within Nova Scotia, Canada. It is known to survive only in the Petite Rivière watershed as landlocked populations. Earlier it was also found in the Tusket and Annis rivers of Nova Scotia.