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Species
Near Threatenedinconnu
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSalmoniformes
- FamilySalmonidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded621
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 180
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Collections
- UWFC, CUMV, CAS, USNM, MSB, ASU
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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Encyclopedic overview
Stenodus leucichthys, also known as the inconnu, sheefish, ak balyk, or beloribitsa, is a species of large, anadromous, freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. In the strict sense its natural distribution is restricted to the Caspian Sea basin. It was formerly considered extinct in the wild, but survives in cultured stocks. The nelma (Stenodus nelma), a more widespread species of Eurasia and North America, is sometimes considered its subspecies.
Systematics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stenodus leucichthys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.