| Lake whitefish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Coregonus |
| Species: | C. clupeaformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill, 1818)
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The lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) is a species of freshwater whitefish from North America. Lake whitefish are found throughout much of Canada and parts of the northern United States, including all of the Great Lakes. The lake whitefish is sometimes referred to as a "humpback" fish due to the small size of the head in relation to the length of the body.[3][a] It is a valuable commercial fish, and also occasionally taken by sport fishermen. Smoked, refrigerated, vacuum-packed lake whitefish fillets are available in North American grocery stores. Other vernacular names used for this fish include Otsego bass, Sault whitefish, gizzard fish, common whitefish, eastern whitefish, Great Lakes whitefish, humpback whitefish, inland whitefish and whitefish.[4]
- ^ NatureServe (7 April 2023). "Coregonus clupeaformis". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill, 1818)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ Roland Sigurdson (2011) Lake whitefish Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Species Profile. 19 April. 2012
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coregonus clupeaformis". FishBase. May 2012 version.
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