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Coregonus
Sign in to saveCoregonus 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.
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Coregonus is a genus of fish within the family Salmonidae and the order Salmoniformes. It belongs to the class Teleostei, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is currently accepted. Its parent taxon is Coregoninae. Common names for the group include whitefish and ozimica.
The genus inhabits marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Records of Coregonus have been documented in the United States, Canada, and the Ussr. These records are held by institutions such as UWFC, UMMZ, ROM, CUMV, and USNM. The species has been described in sources including the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language.
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Species
whitefish
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSalmoniformes
- FamilySalmonidae
Coregonus ist eine Gattung von Fischarten aus der Ordnung der Lachsartigen (Salmoniformes). Deutsche Trivialnamen sind u. a. Maränen, Rheinanken (auch in der Schreibweise Reinanken), Renken, Felchen (oder in der Schreibweise Felche), Coregonen und Schnäpel (auch in der Schreibweise Schnepel). Dabei kann ein deutscher Name für verschiedene Arten stehen; viele Arten haben mehrere Trivialnamen je nach Region. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Allgemeines 1.1 Artzuordnung 1.2 Vorkommen 1.3 Ernährung 1.4 Namensherkunft 1.5 Evolution 2 Systematik 3 Fischerei 4 Gefährdung 5 Artenübersicht 6 Literatur 7 Weblinks 8 Einzelnachweise Allgemeines Artzuordnung Die Gattung Coregonus ist innerhalb der Ordnung der Lachsartigen die artenreichste. Von ihrer äußeren Erscheinungsform lassen sich die einzelnen Arten nur schwer unterscheiden; zur Artbestimmung dienen die Kiemenreusendornen, die in Anzahl, Form und Anordnung von Art zu Art variieren. Vorkommen Die Coregonen leben meist in tieferen Seen (ab ca. 50 m), zum Beispiel dem Bodensee, dem Chiemsee und anderen Voralpenseen,[1] etwa im Walchensee, in der Seenkette um den Bielersee, dem Neuenburgersee und dem Genfersee, den Salzkammergutseen, den Salzburger Seen
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,951
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Collections
- UWFC, UMMZ, ROM, CUMV, USNM, TCWC
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Ussr
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species diversity
- Species
- References
- External links
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coregonus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.