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Salmonidae
shortjaw cisco
Coregonus zenithicus
Vulnerable Trout of North American Waters
- White
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Medium
- Temperate fish
White
Temperate
Regional distribution
Mediumshortjaw cisco is a migratory fish from North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 40 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Salmons and Trout
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Genus
- Coregonus
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories, Canada southeast through Hudson Bay and Great Lakes basin (except Lakes Ontario and Erie). Declining in Lakes Superior and Nipigon. Uncommon outside Great Lakes basin (Ref. 5723 ).
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
