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UBC Institute of Fisheries Field Record B.C. 58-561

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This is the first record of C. clupeaformis from Alaska. Walters (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 106 (5), 1955), says of the species "Not known to occur west of the MacKenzie, though possibly it may be found replacing Coregonus laveretus pidschian (Gmelin) in easternmost Arctic Alaska." The latter species has been recorded from the Colville river. Probably these two "species" intergrade, but in the present state of whitefish taxonomy the only known distinction between them, gill raker count, places this specimen definite as C. clupeaformis. (There are 24 gill rakers in the first arch).; C14 Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill) [handwritten note] NMC (1), Field No. EBR 489; C14 Coregonus nasus (Pallas) [handwritten note] NMC (2)

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UBC Institute of Fisheries Field Record B.C. 58-561
Date Created
1955-08-15
Description
This is the first record of C. clupeaformis from Alaska. Walters (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 106 (5), 1955), says of the species "Not known to occur west of the MacKenzie, though possibly it may be found replacing Coregonus laveretus pidschian (Gmelin) in easternmost Arctic Alaska." The latter species has been recorded from the Colville river. Probably these two "species" intergrade, but in the present state of whitefish taxonomy the only known distinction between them, gill raker count, places this specimen definite as C. clupeaformis. (There are 24 gill rakers in the first arch).; C14 Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill) [handwritten note] NMC (1), Field No. EBR 489; C14 Coregonus nasus (Pallas) [handwritten note] NMC (2)
Subject
Coregonus clupeaformis; Coregonus nasus
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Language
English
Notes
Province/State:Alaska
Locality:Itkillik river, junction with Colville river
Country:United States [U.S.A.]
Catalogue number:B.C. 58-561
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Map:A-11
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Collected by:E.B. Reed
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Date:20316
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Full date given as 15-16 Aug. 1955
Identifier
bc58_561
Collection
UBC Institute of Fisheries Field Records
Source
Original Format: Beaty Biodiversity Museum. UBC Institute of Fisheries Field Records. B.C. 58-561
Date Available
2014-01-06
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Dr. Eric (Rick) Taylor <etaylor@zoology.ubc.ca>
DOI
10.14288/1.0206590
Latitude
70 08
Longitude
150 55
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Dr. Eric (Rick) Taylor <etaylor@zoology.ubc.ca>