Biology:Stenodus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Stenodus
Nelma fish.JPG
Nelma (Stenodus nelma)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Subfamily: Coregoninae
Genus: Stenodus
J. Richardson, 1836
Synonyms
  • Luciotrutta Günther, 1866

Stenodus is a genus of large-sized whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It consists of two species; one of them (beloribitsa) is extinct in wild. The two species have alternatively been considered subspecies of the single species Stenodus leucichthys.

Species

  • Stenodus leucichthys — beloribitsa: the Caspian Sea basin
  • Stenodus nelmanelma, sheefish or inconnu: rivers of the Arctic basin.

Systematics

The genus Stenodus is distinctive from other whitefishes due to its size and specialized predator morphology; however, evidence of independence from the broader freshwater whitefish genus Coregonus is not clearly evident.[1] [2]

References

Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q4703127 entry