Stenodus | |
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Nelma (Stenodus nelma) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Subfamily: | Coregoninae |
Genus: | Stenodus J. Richardson, 1836 |
Type species | |
Coregonus leucichthys[citation needed] Güldenstädt, 1772
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Synonyms | |
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Stenodus is a genus of large-sized whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It consists of two species; one of them (beloribitsa) is extinct in the wild. The two species have alternatively been considered subspecies of the single species Stenodus leucichthys.