WHITEFISH FAMILY (Coregonidae) 



Key to the two members of the whitefish family found in Maine 



1. Body nearly cylindrical (chub-like in shape); a single flap between 

 the nostrils 



Round Whitefish 



Prosopium 

 cylindraceus 

 (Pallas) 



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Body more compressed (flattened from side to side); a double flap 

 between the nostrils 



Lake Whitefish 



Coregonus 

 clupeajormis 

 (MitchiU) 



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