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WHITEFISH , a collective name applied in different countries to very different kinds of See also:

FRESHWATER

freshwater fishes. The numerous See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

SPECIES

species of the Cyprinoid genus Leuciscus are frequently comprised under the name of " Whitefish," but the See also:

TERM

term is employed here for the various species of the Salmonoid genus Coregonus. The Coregonus See also:

GROUP

group are somewhat See also:

HERRING (Clupea harengus, Haring in German, le hareng in French, sill in Swedish)

herring-shaped, silvery salmonids with small, toothless or feebly toothed mouth, and rather large scales. They are distributed over See also:

EUROPE

Europe, See also:

ASIA

Asia and See also:

North See also:

AMERICA

America, some species living in the See also:

sea, but most inhabiting clear lakes. The highly esteemed " lavaret " of See also:

Savoy, the " felchen," " kilch," " gangfisch," " palee," " gravenche," " fera " or See also:

SWITZERLAND

Switzerland and See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

Germany, the " sik " of See also:

Sweden, belong to this genus, which is represented in See also:

BRITISH

British and Irish See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters by the houting (C. oxyrhynchus), occasionally found in the North Sea, the See also:

GWYNIAD

gwyniad or pawan (C. clupeoides) of See also:

LOCH, HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, 1ST BARON (1827-1900)

Loch See also:

LOMOND, LOCH

Lomond, Haweswater, Ullswater and See also:

BALA

Bala, the See also:

VENDACE

vendace (C. vandesius) of Lochmaben, and its newly described ally (C. gracilior) from See also:

Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite lakes .in See also:

Cumberland. About eight species are distinguished from the See also:

NORTHERN

northern parts of 'North America. The Coregonus are mostly of small See also:

SIZE

size, few of them attaining a length of 18 in. Secondary nuptial sexual characters are by no means so well marked as in Salmo, but See also:

pearl-like excrescences may appear on the scales during the breeding See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, and are more prominent in See also:

MALES

males than in See also:

FEMALES

females.

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