''Stenodus'' is a

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of large-sized whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It consists of two species; one of them ( beloribitsa) is extinct in wild. The two species have alternatively been considered subspecies of the single species ''Stenodus leucichthys''.

Species

* '' Stenodus leucichthys'' — beloribitsa: the

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basin * '' Stenodus nelma'' — nelma, sheefish or inconnu: rivers of the

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basin.

Systematics

The genus ''Stenodus'' is distinctive from other whitefishes due to its size and specialized predator morphology; however, evidence of independence from the broader freshwater whitefish genus ''

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'' is not clearly evident.

References

Sources

* Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by John Richardson (naturalist) {{Salmoniformes-stub