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Coregonus lavaretus
Sign in to saveAlso known as lavaret, common whitefish, European whitefish, whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus and allies, Lavarello
species of freshwater whitefish, in the family Salmonidae
OverviewAI-generated
*Coregonus lavaretus* is a species of fish within the family Salmonidae and the order Salmoniformes. It belongs to the genus *Coregonus* and is classified under the class Teleostei in the phylum Chordata. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is accepted as a valid taxon. Common names for this organism include Lavaret, siika, grote marene, corégone lavaret, and common whitefish.
The fish inhabits brackish and freshwater environments. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Vulnerable, a designation recorded in 2024. Occurrence data indicates 54,203 records, while iDigBio holds 408 records and 16 media files from institutions such as RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CAS, and ZMO. These records are associated with locations in Italy, Czechia, the United States, and Norway.
Synthesized by Vinony from 33 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Vulnerablecommon whitefish
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSalmoniformes
- FamilySalmonidae
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 408
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CAS, ZMO
- Recorded in
- Italy, Czechia, United States, Norway
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Encyclopedic overview
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 concepts about the delimitation of the species Coregonus lavaretus and about the number of species in the genus Coregonus in general.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coregonus lavaretus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.