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Also known as: Stenodus leucichthys, sheefish

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  • whitefish
    In whitefish

    The inconnu, cony, or sheefish (Stenodus leucichthys), an oily-fleshed salmonid, is eaten in the far northwestern regions of North America.

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  • rainbow trout
    In protacanthopterygian: Ecology

    The sheefish, or inconnu (Stenodus leucichthys)—a large predatory whitefish of the Arctic—demonstrates that evolution for ecological adaptation is occasionally reversible. Adult sheefish feed on other fish and have evolved a pikelike body shape and large, powerful jaws; the development of teeth take precedence over that of the gill…

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