Coregonus is a diverse genus of fish in the salmon family (Salmonidae). The Coregonus species are known as whitefishes. The genus contains at least 68 described extant taxa, but the true number of species is a matter of debate. The type species of the genus is Coregonus lavaretus.
Most Coregonus species inhabit lakes and rivers, and several species, including the Arctic cisco (C. autumnalis), the Bering cisco (C. laurettae), and the least cisco (C. sardinella) are anadromous, moving between salt water and fresh water.
Many whitefish species or ecotypes, especially from the Great Lakes and the Alpine lakes of Europe, have gone extinct over the past century or are endangered. Among 12 freshwater fish considered extinct in Europe, 6 are Coregonus.[1] All Coregonus species are protected under appendix III of the Bern Convention,[2] and Annex IV of the EC Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)[3]
^Closs GP, Krkosek M, Olden JD, eds. (2016). Conservation of Freshwater Fishes. Cambridge University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-107-04011-3.
^Council of Europe, 1979. Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Heritage. Bern, Switzerland. Available at: http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/Html/104.htm
^"Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992". Eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
Coregonus is a diverse genus of fish in the salmon family (Salmonidae). The Coregonus species are known as whitefishes. The genus contains at least 68...
Coregonus lavaretus is a species of freshwater whitefish, in the family Salmonidae. It is the type species of its genus Coregonus. There are widely different...
all ciscoes in continental North American lakes, Coregonus artedi sensu lato. Narrowly defined, Coregonus artedi is known variously with the common names...
the common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus sensu lato), whose upper jaw is longer than its lower one, and the peled (Coregonus peled), whose jaws are...
Fishing for markets is not uncommon for species such as Coregonus widegreni and Coregonus lavaretus. At the time, there was an increase in younger groups...
has information related to Coregonus clupeaformis. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coregonus clupeaformis. "Coregonus clupeaformis". Integrated...
the Arctic cisco Coregonus autumnalis. However, recent genetic studies have shown it actually belongs to the circumpolar Coregonus lavaretus-clupeaformis...
Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Coregonus wartmanni" in FishBase. August 2015 version. Media related to Coregonus wartmanni at Wikimedia Commons v t...
Lake Constance in the Alps. Coregonus gutturosus was a deep water whitefish that reached a length of 29 cm (11 in). Coregonus gutturosus was highly sensitive...
whitefish complex (Coregonus lavaretus sensu lato). The identity of the fera is disputed. In 1950, Emile Dottrens described Coregonus fera as native to...
now considered a junior synonym of Coregonus, the genus in which the bloater is now placed. The generic name Coregonus, given by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758...
Coregonus autumnalis migratorius of the Arctic cisco, has no close genetic relationship to it and is now classified as a separate species, Coregonus migratorius...
whitefish, Coregonus huntsmani in the genus Coregonus Common whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus in the genus Coregonus Lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis...
The taxonomy of the genus Coregonus is disputed; some authorities assign the gwyniad to the common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus), and a morphological...
The broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus) is a freshwater whitefish species. Dark silvery in colour, and like a herring in its shape. Its distinctive features...
Coregonus bezola is an extinct species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It was endemic to the Lac du Bourget in Savoie, France where...
known as Coregonus lavaretus (the common whitefish). The name Coregonus maraena has been adopted following the suggestion that the name Coregonus lavaretus...
cisco (Coregonus reighardi) is a North American freshwater whitefish in the salmon family Salmonidae. One of the members of the broader Coregonus artedi...
Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Coregonus macrophthalmus" in FishBase. August 2015 version. Media related to Coregonus macrophthalmus at Wikimedia Commons...
rivers in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Coregonus sardinella is closely related to the European cisco or vendace Coregonus albula, and also is close to the Siberian...
The longjaw cisco (Coregonus alpenae) was a deep-water cisco or chub, usually caught at depths of 100 metres (328 ft) or more from Lakes Huron, Michigan...
whitefish is genetically distinct from the lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and the cisco (Coregonus artedi), which both are widespread across much of continental...
The deepwater cisco (Coregonus johannae) was one of the largest ciscoes in the Great Lakes. Its average length was 30 cm (12 inches) and it was about...
Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2010). "Coregonus muksun" in FishBase. February 2010 version. Media related to Coregonus muksun at Wikimedia Commons v t e...
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