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{{Taxobox
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
| name = Atlantic whitefish
{{Speciesbox
| status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
| image = atlantic_whitefish2.jpg
| image = Coregonus huntsmani.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Smith, K. |year=2017 |title=''Coregonus huntsmani'' |page=e.T5379A81422722 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T5379A81422722.en |access-date=7 November 2022}}</ref>
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| taxon = Coregonus huntsmani
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| authority = [[William Beverly Scott|W. B. Scott]], 1987
| ordo = [[Salmoniformes]]
| synonyms = * ''Coregonus canadensis'' <small>W. B. Scott 1967</small>
| familia = [[Salmonidae]]
}}
| genus = ''[[Coregonus]]''
| species = '''''C. huntsmani'''''
| binomial = ''Coregonus huntsmani''
| binomial_authority = Scott 1987
| synonyms = ''Coregonus canadensis'' <small>Scott 1967</small>}}


The '''Atlantic whitefish''' (''Coregonus huntsmani'') is a [[coregoninae|coregonine]] fish inhabiting some freshwater lakes within [[Nova Scotia]], Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coregonus huntsmani, Atlantic whitefish |url=https://www.fishbase.de/summary/6207 |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=www.fishbase.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Scott |first=W. B. |date=2011-02-14 |title=A new name for the Atlantic whitefish: Coregonus huntsmani to replace Coregonus canadensis |url=https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/z87-282 |journal=Canadian Journal of Zoology |volume=65 |issue=7 |pages=1856–1857 |language=en |doi=10.1139/z87-282}}</ref> It is known to survive only in the [[Petite Rivière]] watershed as landlocked populations. Earlier it was also found in the [[Tusket]] and [[Lake Annis, Nova Scotia|Annis]] rivers of Nova Scotia. Those populations were [[anadromous]], migrating to the estuary to feed while breeding in freshwater.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Kimberly |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/248936682 |title=Population genetic assessment of the endangered Atlantic whitefish, Coregonus huntsmani, and the lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, in Atlantic Canada. |date=2007 |publisher=Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |isbn=978-0-494-16629-1 |oclc=248936682}}</ref>
The '''Atlantic whitefish''' (''Coregonus huntsmani'') is a freshwater [[salmonid]] fish inhabiting the northwestern [[Atlantic ocean]] around the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Nova Scotia]], as well as some freshwater lakes within Nova Scotia. ''C. huntsmani'' was originally designated ''Coregonus canadensis'', but the species name was changed in 1987. Other common names that ''C. huntsmani'' is known by are Acadian whitefish, sault whitefish, and cisco. The species was designated as an [[endangered species]] by the [[World Conservation Union]] in 1986 and in 1970, Nova Scotia prohibited the taking of Atlantic whitefish under the Canadian [[Fisheries and Oceans Canada|Fisheries Act]].


''C. huntsmani'' was originally designated ''Coregonus canadensis'', but the species name was changed in 1987. Other common names that ''C. huntsmani'' is known by are Acadian whitefish and sault whitefish. The species was designated as an [[endangered species]] by the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]] in 1986 and [[Vulnerable species|vulnerable]] in 1996. It is now considered [[Critically Endangered|critically endangered]] due to the consequences of [[dam]] building and introduced predators such as [[smallmouth bass]] and [[chain pickerel]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Whitelaw |first=John |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/980875338 |title=Atlantic whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani) culture handbook |isbn=978-0-660-02539-1 |oclc=980875338}}</ref> Nova Scotia prohibited the taking of Atlantic whitefish under the Canadian [[Fisheries and Oceans Canada|Fisheries Act]]. Other conservation actions for the species include captive breeding and restocking, as well as control of the introduced predators.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Auld |first=Alison |title=Rescuing an ancient fish species on the brink of extinction |url=https://phys.org/news/2022-06-ancient-fish-species-brink-extinction.html |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=phys.org |language=en}}</ref>
The Atlantic whitefish has a typical salmonid body shape and is silvery on the sides and underside with a dark blue to dark green back. They are [[anadromous]], living most of their adult lives in coastal ocean water, but spawning in inland streams in Nova Scotia. Although much about them is unknown, it is believed that they feed on [[amphipods]], small [[common periwinkle|periwinkles]], and [[marine worms]] in ocean coastal waters and small fish, fish eggs, and invertebrates in freshwater.

The Atlantic whitefish has a typical salmonid body shape and is silvery on the sides and underside with a dark blue to dark green back. The landlocked populations feed on insects and small fish. The reproduction of Atlantic whitefish in nature has not been observed.

The narrowly endemic Atlantic whitefish is genetically distinct from the [[lake whitefish]] (''Coregonus clupeaformis'') and the [[Coregonus artedi|cisco]] (''Coregonus artedi''), which both are widespread across much of continental North America. Phylogenetic evidence indicates that the species is the most [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] member of the widespread and speciose genus ''[[Coregonus]]'', with its lineage diverging from the rest of the ''Coregonus'' species during the mid-[[Miocene]], about 15 million years ago. It is even more basal than the genus ''[[Stenodus]]'', making ''Coregonus'' [[Paraphyly|paraphyletic]] with respect to ''Stenodus''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Crête-Lafrenière |first1=Alexis |last2=Weir |first2=Laura K. |last3=Bernatchez |first3=Louis |date=2012-10-05 |title=Framing the Salmonidae Family Phylogenetic Portrait: A More Complete Picture from Increased Taxon Sampling |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=7 |issue=10 |pages=e46662 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0046662 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=3465342 |pmid=23071608|bibcode=2012PLoSO...746662C |doi-access=free }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{IUCN2006|assessors=Gimenez Dixon, M.|year=1996|id=5379|title=Coregonus huntsmani|downloaded=01 July 2006}}
* {{FishBase_species|genus=Coregonus|species=huntsmani|year=2006|month=06}}
* {{FishBase|genus=Coregonus|species=huntsmani|year=2006|month=06}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131224174446/http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/CSAS/Csas/Publications/SAR-AS/2009/2009_051_e.pdf Recovery potential assessment of Atlantic whitefish (''Coregonus huntsmani'')] Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Science Advisory Report 2009/051
* {{ITIS |id=161973 |taxon=Coregonus canadensis |accessdate=12 June 2006}}
* {{ITIS |id=161973 |taxon=Coregonus canadensis |access-date=12 June 2006}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{wikispecies|Coregonus huntsmani}}
* [http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/species/species_atlanticWhitefish_e.asp Factsheet from the Canadian government's Species at Risk Act (SARA)]
* [http://www.gov.ns.ca/Fish/sportfishing/species/atlwhite.shtml Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture factsheet]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121128135006/http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/species-especes/whitefish-coregone-eng.htm Atlantic whitefish] Fisheries and Oceans Canada www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090123155311/http://gov.ns.ca/Fish/sportfishing/species/atlwhite.shtml Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture factsheet]
* [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158074 World Register of Marine Species entry]
* [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158074 ''Coregonus canadensis''] World Register of Marine Species entry
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Latest revision as of 23:11, 14 January 2023

Atlantic whitefish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Species:
C. huntsmani
Binomial name
Coregonus huntsmani
Synonyms
  • Coregonus canadensis W. B. Scott 1967

The Atlantic whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani) is a coregonine fish inhabiting some freshwater lakes within Nova Scotia, Canada.[2][3] It is known to survive only in the Petite Rivière watershed as landlocked populations. Earlier it was also found in the Tusket and Annis rivers of Nova Scotia. Those populations were anadromous, migrating to the estuary to feed while breeding in freshwater.[4]

C. huntsmani was originally designated Coregonus canadensis, but the species name was changed in 1987. Other common names that C. huntsmani is known by are Acadian whitefish and sault whitefish. The species was designated as an endangered species by the IUCN in 1986 and vulnerable in 1996. It is now considered critically endangered due to the consequences of dam building and introduced predators such as smallmouth bass and chain pickerel.[5] Nova Scotia prohibited the taking of Atlantic whitefish under the Canadian Fisheries Act. Other conservation actions for the species include captive breeding and restocking, as well as control of the introduced predators.[6]

The Atlantic whitefish has a typical salmonid body shape and is silvery on the sides and underside with a dark blue to dark green back. The landlocked populations feed on insects and small fish. The reproduction of Atlantic whitefish in nature has not been observed.

The narrowly endemic Atlantic whitefish is genetically distinct from the lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and the cisco (Coregonus artedi), which both are widespread across much of continental North America. Phylogenetic evidence indicates that the species is the most basal member of the widespread and speciose genus Coregonus, with its lineage diverging from the rest of the Coregonus species during the mid-Miocene, about 15 million years ago. It is even more basal than the genus Stenodus, making Coregonus paraphyletic with respect to Stenodus.[5][6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Smith, K. (2017). "Coregonus huntsmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T5379A81422722. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T5379A81422722.en. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Coregonus huntsmani, Atlantic whitefish". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. ^ Scott, W. B. (14 February 2011). "A new name for the Atlantic whitefish: Coregonus huntsmani to replace Coregonus canadensis". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 65 (7): 1856–1857. doi:10.1139/z87-282.
  4. ^ Murray, Kimberly (2007). Population genetic assessment of the endangered Atlantic whitefish, Coregonus huntsmani, and the lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, in Atlantic Canada. Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. ISBN 978-0-494-16629-1. OCLC 248936682.
  5. ^ a b Whitelaw, John. Atlantic whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani) culture handbook. ISBN 978-0-660-02539-1. OCLC 980875338.
  6. ^ a b Auld, Alison. "Rescuing an ancient fish species on the brink of extinction". phys.org. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  7. ^ Crête-Lafrenière, Alexis; Weir, Laura K.; Bernatchez, Louis (5 October 2012). "Framing the Salmonidae Family Phylogenetic Portrait: A More Complete Picture from Increased Taxon Sampling". PLOS ONE. 7 (10): e46662. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...746662C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046662. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3465342. PMID 23071608.

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