Common name of Coregonus clupeaformis
 
Common name Kavisilik
Language Inuktitut
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Canada
Locality Back River, Pelly Bay and Baker Lake, Northwest Territories; Ungava Bay
Ref. Graves, J. and E. Hall, 1988
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks Name applied to larger humpbacked form (Ref. 27545). 'kavisilik', i.e., the scaly one. Also Ref. 27843.
 
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