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1542:Wikispecies
1381:C. zugensis
1345:C. vessicus
1312:C. suidteri
1235:C. pennatii
1220:C. pallasii
1184:C. nilssoni
1168:C. nelsonii
1137:C. megalops
1049:C. johannae
1004:(gravenche)
1002:C. hiemalis
978:C. fontanae
972:(true fera)
941:C. confusus
912:C. candidus
466:19 November
408:brown bears
373:crustaceans
313:overfishing
296:Perry River
269:Description
263:brown bears
1761:Categories
1495:Salmonidae
1458:Members of
1400:Members of
1319:C. trybomi
1198:C. nobilis
1191:C. nipigon
1115:C. maraena
1101:C. lutokka
1072:C. ladogae
1017:C. holsata
948:C. danneri
919:C. chadary
826:C. alpinus
818:C. alpenae
786:Members of
418:References
401:stroganina
319:caused by
137:Salmonidae
1777:Coregonus
1405:Prosopium
1299:(schelly)
1251:C. pollan
1237:(gwyniad)
1213:C. palaea
1207:(houting)
1152:C. muksun
1057:C. kiletz
1032:C. hubbsi
1026:(bloater)
1010:C. hoferi
962:C. fatioi
955:C. duplex
905:C. bezola
891:C. baunti
877:C. baerii
847:C. artedi
809:C. albula
791:Coregonus
308:estuaries
290:from the
155:Species:
148:Coregonus
93:Kingdom:
87:Eukaryota
1679:2.101157
1640:10574820
1596:FishBase
1527:Wikidata
1473:S. nelma
1463:Stenodus
1326:C. tugun
1274:C. renke
1253:(pollan)
1227:C. peled
1160:C. nasus
1154:(muksun)
671:FishBase
397:Siberian
381:lampreys
377:migrates
369:bivalves
363:larvae,
361:mosquito
195:Synonyms
133:Family:
107:Chordata
103:Phylum:
97:Animalia
83:Domain:
60:IUCN 3.1
1614:2351064
1533:Q510354
1493:Family
1229:(peled)
1064:C. kiyi
1024:C. hoyi
970:C. fera
849:(cisco)
387:As food
351:Ecology
337:Estonia
333:Ukraine
325:Belgium
300:streams
294:to the
284:Eurasia
243:streams
239:herring
235:species
230:) is a
143:Genus:
123:Order:
113:Class:
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1731:157656
1718:274342
1705:348707
1653:161936
1575:304693
1562:COEGNA
1460:genus
1402:genus
1146:(omul)
1066:(kiyi)
788:genus
703:
615:Arctic
412:salmon
371:, and
365:snails
329:Latvia
255:Russia
251:rivers
249:, and
188:, 1776
186:Pallas
1739:WoRMS
1635:IRMNG
1627:98469
399:dish
375:. It
341:China
304:lakes
247:lakes
1713:OBIS
1700:NCBI
1666:5370
1661:IUCN
1648:ITIS
1609:GBIF
1601:2674
1557:EPPO
701:ISBN
640:2008
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