WHITEFISH FAMILY (Coregonldae) 

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



1. Body nearly cylindrical (chub-like in outline) j a single flap between the 

 nostrils 



Round Whitefish 

 Prosopium- cylindraceum quadrilaterale 



(Richardson) 

 p. 29 



Body compressed (flattened from side to side) j a double flap between the 

 nostrils 



■"==:=5 



Lake Whitefish 

 Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill) 



p. 29 



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