Stenodus
| Stenodus | |
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| Nelma (Stenodus nelma) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Subfamily: | Coregoninae |
| Genus: | Stenodus J. Richardson, 1836 |
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Stenodus is a
extinct in wild
. The two species have alternatively been considered subspecies of the single species Stenodus leucichthys.
Species
- beloribitsa: the Caspian Seabasin
- sheefish or inconnu: rivers of the Arcticbasin.
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
- .
- PMID 32685284.
Sources
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Stenodus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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