Common name of Clupea pallasii
 
Common name Kapisilik
Language Inuktitut
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Greenland
Locality
Ref. Schultz-Lorentzen, X., 1927
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks Also used in Ref. 27847. The name 'kapisilik' is also applied in Greenland to Atlantic salmon and in Canada to several species of whitefishes.
 
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