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Cisco
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Cisco

Coregonus artedi

Coregonus artedi, commonly known as the cisco, is a North American species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. The number of species and definition of species limits in North American ciscoes is a matter of debate. Accordingly, Coregonus artedi may refer either narrowly (sensu stricto) to one of the several types of cisco found e.g. in the Great Lakes, or broadly (sensu lato) to the complex of all ciscoes in continental North American lakes, Coregonus artedi sensu lato.

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