Muksun
| Muksun | |
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| Frozen muksun | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Coregonus |
| Species: | C. muksun
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| Binomial name | |
| Coregonus muksun (Pallas, 1814)
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The muksun (Coregonus muksun) is a type of
Siberian Arctic waters. It is mostly found in the freshened areas of the Kara and Laptev Seas and up the major rivers, as well as in Lake Taymyr
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Like all whitefishes, it is a silvery, fusiform fish. The average length of mature fish is 33 cm and weight of 1–2 kg, and it can reach a length of 75 cm and a weight of 7–8 kg. Depending on population, the muksun can live up to 16–25 years of age. It is valuable commercially as well as locally as a source of food.[2]
As food
Muksun flesh is a delicacy. It is white and tender with very few bones and is one of the species used in the Arctic Siberian dish stroganina.[3]
References
- . Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ C. muksun (Pallas, 1814) - муксун Позвоночные животные России. www.sevin.ru
- ^ Stroganina: Frozen Sashimi of the Russian Arctic - Roads & Kingdoms
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2010). "Coregonus muksun" in FishBase. February 2010 version.
External links
Media related to Coregonus muksun at Wikimedia Commons
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