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Lake Whitefish

Coregonus clupeaformis

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Field Notes

Description:

Notes:

Trying to figure out if this is the skeleton of a northern pike. Washed up on the sand in Chicago.

Species ID Suggestions

Lake Whitefish

Coregonus clupeaformis
jbstrange2202
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Comments (2)
jbstrange2202
99% sure its a whitefish, but I could be wrong. There's not much left of the carcass for me to determine anything conclusive, sorry. Nice find though!

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Great Lakes Monitoring
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Beauty of Decay
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PublishedMay 3, 2014

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