Fishes
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Coregonus albula Linnaeus 1758
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Common name: White fish.
Distribution: The native range of this
species is within drainages connected to
the North and Baltic Seas, between the
British Isles in the west and the Petchora
drainage (Russia) in the east; some populations are also found in drainages to
the White Sea and in lakes of the upper
Volga drainage (www.cabi.org).
Habitat: Freshwater, brackish water, and
marine water; deeper lakes, stillwaters.
Description: It is a small, streamlined,
and slim fish with a bluish green back, a
white belly, and silvery flanks. Fins are
gray in color, becoming darker toward
margins. It has large eyes, a relatively
small mouth, and an  adipose fin.
It  grows to a maximum size of 48  cm
and 1 kg (Casal, 1995a; ARKive).
Nutritional Facts
Essential Amino Acid Composition
(g/16 g N) of the Protein
Arginine
5.6
Histidine
1.9
Isoleucine
5.3
Leucine
6.9
Lysine
8.9
Methionine
3.1
Phenylalanine
3.5
Threonine
5.0
Tryptophan
1.0
Valine
5.9
n-3 and n-6 Content of
Total Fatty Acids (%)
Σn-3
Σn-6 n-3/n-6
32.4
10.5
3.1
Source: Data from Steffens
et al. (2006).
ORDER: CHARACIFORMES (CHARACINS)
FaMiLy: CharaCidae (CharaCinS)
Brycon orbignyanus Valenciennes 1850
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae