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The Alaska whitefish (Coregonus nelsonii) is a species of whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is found in parts of northwestern North America, where it occurs only in small and large rivers, and rarely in lakes. The maximum length recorded for this species is 56.0 cm (22.0 in).

Alaska whitefish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Salmoniformes
Family:	Salmonidae
Genus:	Coregonus
Species:	C. nelsonii
Binomial name
Coregonus nelsonii T. H. Bean, 1884

The Alaska whitefish is part of the Coregonus clupeaformis complex (lake whitefishes).

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2009). "Coregonus nelsonii" in FishBase. December 2009 version.
• "Coregonus nelsonii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 December 2009.

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