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least cisco (Coregonus sardinella)
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Salmonidae

least cisco

Coregonus sardinella

Forty Seven Centimeters Trout

  • White
  • Polar
  • Lower river
  • Circumpolar Arctic
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Transcontinental
  • Arctic Ocean
  • North America
  • Polar regions
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Cold-water fish

least cisco is known around North America as a migratory fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 47 cm.

Maximum length
47 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
North America: Murchison River, Canada to Bristol Bay, Alaska; ascends Yukon River to British Columbia, and Mackenzie River to Fort Simpson (Ref. 5723 ). Asia: Bering Sea, Chukot land and Kolyma River to Kara River on the northern end of the Urals (Ref. 593 ). Lakes and lower course of large rivers of Arctic Ocean basin from Pechora drainage to eastern Siberia (Ref. 59043 ). Belongs to Coregonus artedi complex. Occasionally hybridizes with Coregonus nelsoni (Ref. 27547 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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