Whitefish

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 642

Whitefish (Coregonus clupeiformis), the Common Whitefish, is the largest of all the Coregoni or American lake whitefish. It is very highly esteemed for food, ranking, indeed, as one of the finest of table fishes. Its range extends from Lake Champlain to the Arctic Circle. See COREGONUS.

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