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In their ecosystems, whitefish tend to be some of the largest fish and occupy niches as benthic predators. [11] The recent invasion of several invasive species, [12] including the sea lamprey and zebra mussels, [11] has begun to pose a threat to the whitefish population by disrupting historic ecological relationships and prey distribution. [13]
European whitefish under a spruce tree in the coat of arms of Honkilahti. In the broad sense, Coregonus lavaretus, in English referred to as the common whitefish or European whitefish, is widespread from central and northwest Europe to Siberia. [3]
Coregonus is a diverse genus of fish in the salmon family ().The Coregonus species are known as whitefishes.The genus contains at least 68 described extant taxa, but the true number of species is a matter of debate.
White fish (Atlantic cod) White fish fillet (halibut – on top) contrasted with an oily fish fillet (salmon – at bottom)Whitefish or white fish is a fisheries term for several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), whiting (Merluccius bilinearis), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), hake (Urophycis), and pollock (Pollachius), among others.
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.
Frozen broad whitefish. The broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus) is a freshwater whitefish species.Dark silvery in colour, and like a herring in its shape. Its distinctive features includes: a convex head, short gill rakers, and a mild overbite.
The round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum) is a freshwater species of fish that is found in North American drainages from Alaska to New England, including the Great Lakes except for Lake Erie, [1] and in Arctic tributaries of northeast Asia, as well as northern Kamchatka Peninsula and the northern coasts of the Sea of Okhotsk. [2]
The humpback whitefish (Coregonus pidschian), [2] also referred to as the bottom whitefish, [2] [3] the Arctic whitefish [4] or the pidschian, [4] is a species of freshwater whitefish with a northern distribution.