name: Broad Whitefish
flavor_db_name_variants: broad whitefish
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Broad whitefish
id: 502
name_scientific: Coregonus nasus
description: The broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus) is a freshwater whitefish species. Dark silvery in colour, and like a herring in its shape, its distinctive features include a convex head, short gill rakers, and a mild overbite. It is found in the Arctic-draining streams, lakes, and rivers of far eastern Russia and North America. Its prey includes larval insects, snails, and shellfish. It is eaten by humans and brown bears.
itis_id: 161936
wikipedia_id: Broad whitefish
picture_file_name: 513.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 68773
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:34:15.000Z
legacy_id: 540
food_group: Aquatic foods
food_subgroup: Fishes
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:46.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:26.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 348707
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00502