Atlantic whitefish
Coregonus huntsmani Scott, 1987
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Coregonus huntsmani - Atlantic Whitefish. Species of fish.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Atlantic whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani) is a coregonine fish inhabiting some freshwater lakes within Nova Scotia, Canada. 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. 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. It has been listed as an endangered species under Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act since 2003. Nova Scotia prohibited the taking of Atlantic whitefish under the Canadian Fisheries Act.
Wikipedia contributors, Atlantic whitefish; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:20:14.580519+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Coregonus huntsmani Scott, 1987
- Name authority
- Scott, 1987
- Common name
- Atlantic whitefish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Salmoniformes
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Genus
- Coregonus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSalmoniformes
- familySalmonidae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyCoregoninae Bonaparte, 1845
- genusCoregonus Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesCoregonus huntsmani Scott, 1987
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Coregonus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Coregonus maxillaris Günther, 1866 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus maraena (Bloch, 1779) | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus ladogae Pravdin, Golubev & Belyaeva, 1938 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus megalops Widegren, 1863 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus macrophthalmus Nüsslin, 1882 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus lucinensis Thienemann, 1933 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus johannae (Wagner, 1910) | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus fontanae Schulz & Freyhof, 2003 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus fatioi Kottelat, 1997 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| muksunCoregonus muksun (Pallas, 1814) | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus pravdinellus Dulkeit, 1949 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| houtingCoregonus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758) | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Coregonus canadensis Scott, 1967 Scott, 1967 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Scott, W. B. (1987). A new name for the Atlantic whitefish: Coregonus huntsmani to replace Coregonus canadensis. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 65 (7): 1856–1857. https://doi.org/10.1139/z87-282 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:YD9T. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.