Max length : 71.0 cm TL male/unsexed; common length : 46.0 cm TL male/unsexed; max. published weight: 16.0 kg; max. reported age: 15 years
Polar; 73°N - 59°N
Distribution
Arctic: east from Pechora River, Russia to northern America: Arctic drainages from Perry River in Northwest Territories, Canada to Kushokwim River (Bering Sea tributary), Alaska.
Short description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 11 - 14; Vertebrae: 60 - 65. Distinguished by its short gill rakers, which are less than one-fifth as long as the interorbital width, and the rounded to flat profile of the head. Adipose fin fairly large; axillary process present in the pelvic fins. Olive-brown to nearly black on back; sides silvery, often with a gray cast; belly white to yellowish; fins usually rather gray in adults, pale in young.
Biology
Most frequently in streams. Nerito-pelagic. Lacustrine and estuarine anadromous forms exist. Feeds on aquatic insect larvae, small mollusks and crustaceans. Flesh is highly esteemed. Sold fresh, dried, or smoked
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
Common names:
Common name/ Language/ Country
Helt Danish Denmark
Stor bundhelt Danish -
Stor bundhelt Danish Denmark
Bodempollanmorene Dutch -
Grote pollanmorene Dutch -
Broad whitefish English Alaska
Broad whitefish English Canada
Broad whitefish English Russian Fed
Broad whitefish English UK
Broad whitefish English USA
Large Bottom Whitefish English UK
Large-bottom pollan English -
Round-nosed whitefish English Canada
Sheep-nosed whitefish English Canada
Pyörökuonosiika Finnish Finland
Corégone tschir French Can Quebec
Corégone tschir French Canada
Féra French Switzerland
Grand pollan French -
Grande féra French -
Gravanche French -
Palée du Léman French France
Große Bodenrenke German -
Große Bodenrenke German Austria
Große Maräne German -
Große Maräne German Germany
Sandfelchen German -
Sandfelchen German Switzerland
Weißfelchen German -
Aanaaksiiq Inuktitut Canada
An-ark-hlirk Inuktitut Canada
Anah'lih' Inuktitut Canada
Anaklek Inuktitut Canada
Anaklik Inuktitut Alaska
Ananaaklik Inuktitut Alaska
Kausriluk Inuktitut Alaska
Kavasilik Inuktitut Canada
Kavisilik Inuktitut Canada
Coregone Italian -
Coregone Italian Switzerland
宽鼻白鲑(引进) Mandarin Chinese China Main
寬鼻白鮭(引進) Mandarin Chinese China Main
Anaakliq Other Canada
Anaqklik Other Canada
Angnaklin Other Canada
Czyr Polish Poland
Coregono da vasa Portuguese -
Coregono-da-vasa Portuguese Portugal
чир Russian Russian Fed
Chir Russian Russian Fed
Chir Russian Ukraine
Tschir Russian Latvia
Urunkeika Russian Russian Fed
Coregono narigudo Spanish -
Bredsik Swedish Sweden
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