Powan

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iPowan
Conservation status
Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Subfamily: Coregoninae
Genus: Coregonus
Species: C. clupeoides
Binomial name
Coregonus clupeoides
(Lacépède, 1803)

The powan (Coregonus clupeoides) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae).

The name "powan" is sometimes also used to refer to the common whitefish (C. lavaretus).

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