Stenodus

Stenodus
Nelma (Stenodus nelma)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Subfamily: Coregoninae
Genus: Stenodus
J. Richardson, 1836
Synonyms
  • Luciotrutta Günther, 1866

Stenodus is a genus of large-sized whitefish in the Salmonidae family. It consists of two species; one of them (beloribitsa) is extinct in wild. The two species have alternatively been considered subspecies of the single species Stenodus leucichthys.

Species

Systematics

The genus Stenodus is not phylogenetically distinct from the broader freshwater whitefish genus Coregonus, although it is phenotypically characterized by a specialized predator morphology.[1]

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