? Coregonus
Lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Salmoniformes Family: Salmonidae Subfamily: Coregoninae Genus: Coregonus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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Coregonus Linnaeus, 1758, is a genus of fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae). The type species is the common whitefish (C. lavaretus). The Coregonus species are known as whitefishes. Download high resolution version (996x480, 35 KB)Public domain picture from U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ... Lake whitefish in an aquarium Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) are freshwater whitefish of North America; members of the salmon family. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (rhombozoans) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... Genera (see text) Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only family of order Salmoniformes. ... Genera (see text) Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only family of order Salmoniformes. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... A painting of Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné, and who wrote under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish scientist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus: one of the most abundant species of fish in the world. ... The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow up to 58 long and 125 pounds. ... In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... Genera (see text) Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only family of order Salmoniformes. ... Type specimens When a new species is discovered, more important than creating a new and unique name for the species is developing a reasonably detailed description. ... Binomial name Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758) The common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae). ...

The Arctic cisco (C. autumnalis), the Bering cisco (C. laurettae), and the sardine cisco (C. sardinella) are anadromous, moving between salt water and fresh water. Many types of fish undertake migrations on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily to annual, and with distances ranging from a few meters to thousands of kilometers. ...

The blackfin cisco (C. nigripinnis), the deepwater cisco (C. johannae), and the longjaw cisco (C. alpenae) became extinct in the last half of the twentieth century. The shortnose cisco (C. reighardi) may also be extinct and is so considered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, although IUCN classifies it as Critically Endangered. IUCN considers several other species of whitefish to be Vulnerable. All Coregonus species are protected under appendix III of the Bern Convention. The Blackfin Cisco (Coregonus nigripinnis) is a member of the whitefish sub-family. ... The Deepwater cisco (Coregonus johannae) was one of the largest ciscoes in the Great Lakes. ... The longjaw cisco (Coregonus alpenae) was a deep water cisco or chub, usually caught at depths of 100 metres or more from Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Erie. ... In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of species. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Binomial name Coregonus reighardi (Koelz, 1924) The shortnose cisco (Coregonus reighardi) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae). ... The USFWS logo The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that is dedicated to managing and preserving wildlife. ... The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... The Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats 1979, also known as the Bern Convention (or Berne Convention), came into force on June 1, 1982. ...

A Tench-class submarine of the United States Navy, cancelled during the Second World War, was to have been called USS Whitefish. Tench class submarines were an evolutionary improvement over the Gato and Balao classes, only about 35 to 40 tons larger, but more strongly built and with a slightly improved internal layout. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine Typhoon class ballistic-missile carrying (SSBN) submarine, compared to a man USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine A submarine... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations around the globe. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... USS Whitefish (SS-432), a Tench-class submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the whitefish, a freshwater food fish closely related to the trout and salmon found in waters of the Northern Hemisphere. ...

Lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformes

Image File history File links Lake_whitefish. ... Image File history File links Lake_whitefish. ... Lake whitefish in an aquarium Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) are freshwater whitefish of North America; members of the salmon family. ...

Species

There is much uncertainty and confusion in the classification of the many of species this genus. The following are the species as listed by FishBase: FishBase is a comprehensive database of information about fish. ...

• Coregonus albellus
• Coregonus albula — vendace
• (Coregonus alpenae) — longjaw cisco (extinct)
• Coregonus alpinus
• Coregonus arenicolus
• Coregonus artedi — cisco or lake herring
• Coregonus atterensis
• Coregonus autumnalis autumnalis — Arctic Cisco
• Coregonus autumnalis migratorius — Omul
• Coregonus bavaricus
• Coregonus bezola
• Coregonus candidus
• Coregonus chadary — Khadary whitefish
• Coregonus clupeaformis — lake whitefish
• Coregonus clupeoides — powan
• Coregonus confusus
• Coregonus danneri
• Coregonus fatioi
• Coregonus fera — lavarello
• Coregonus fontanae
• Coregonus gutturosus
• Coregonus heglingus
• Coregonus hiemalis
• Coregonus hoferi
• Coregonus hoyi — bloater
• Coregonus huntsmani — Atlantic whitefish
• (Coregonus johannae) — deepwater cisco (extinct)
• Coregonus kiyi — kiyi
• Coregonus laurettae — Bering cisco
• Coregonus lavaretus baicalensis — European whitefish
• Coregonus lavaretus lavaretus — common whitefish
• Coregonus lucidus
• Coregonus lucinensis
• Coregonus macrophthalmus
• Coregonus maraena
• Coregonus maxillaris
• Coregonus megalops — Lacustrine fluvial whitefish
• Coregonus muksun — muksun
• Coregonus nasus — broad whitefish
• Coregonus nelsoni — Alaska whitefish
• (Coregonus nigripinnis) — blackfin cisco (extinct)
• Coregonus nilssoni
• Coregonus nobilis
• Coregonus oxyrhynchus — houting
• Coregonus palaea
• Coregonus pallasii
• Coregonus peled — peled
• Coregonus pennantii — gwyniad
• Coregonus pidschian — humpback whitefish
• Coregonus pollan — Irish pollan
• Coregonus reighardi — shortnose cisco (extinct?)
• Coregonus renke
• Coregonus restrictus
• Coregonus sardinella — sardine cisco
• Coregonus stigmaticus — schelly
• Coregonus subautumnalis
• Coregonus suidteri
• Coregonus trybomi
• Coregonus tugun lenensis — Lena tugun
• Coregonus tugun tugun — tugun
• Coregonus ussuriensis — Amur whitefish
• Coregonus vandesius
• Coregonus wartmanni
• Coregonus widegreni — Valaam whitefish
• Coregonus zenithicus — shortjaw cisco
• Coregonus zuerichensis
• Coregonus zugensis

Binomial name Coregonus alpenae Koelz, 1924 The longjaw cisco (Coregonus alpenae) was a deep water cisco or chub, usually caught at depths of 100 metres or more from Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Erie. ... Binomial name Coregonus artedi Lesueur, 1818 The cisco (Coregonus artedi) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae). ... Binomial name Coregonus autumnalis Pallas, 1776 Subspecies C. a. ... Binomial name Coregonus autumnalis Pallas, 1776 Subspecies C. a. ... Trinomial name Coregonus autumnalis migratorius Georgi, 1775 The Omul (Coregonus autumnalis migratorius) is a salmon-like fish found only in the waters of Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. ... Binomial name Coregonus autumnalis migratorius Georgi, 1775 The Omul is a salmon-like fish found only in the waters of Lake Baikal in Siberia. ... Binomial name Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill, 1818) Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) are freshwater whitefish of North America; members of the salmon family. ... Binomial name Coregonus clupeoides (Lacépède, 1803) The powan (Coregonus clupeoides) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae). ... Binomial name Coregonus johannae Wagner, 1910 The Deepwater cisco (Coregonus johannae) was one of the largest ciscoes in the Great Lakes. ... Binomial name Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758) The common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae). ... Binomial name Coregonus nasus Pallas, 1776 Broad Whitefish (Coregonus nasus) is a freshwater species of fish that inhabits the Arctic. ... Binomial name Coregonus nigripinnis The Blackfin Cisco (Coregonus nigripinnis) is a member of the whitefish sub-family. ... Binomial name Coregonus pennantii Valenciennes, 1848 The gwyniad (Coregonus pennantii) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) native to Bala Lake in Wales. ... Coregonus pollan is a Salmonoid fish now considered synonymous with Coregonus autumnalis (the Arctic cisco). ... Binomial name Coregonus reighardi (Koelz, 1924) The shortnose cisco (Coregonus reighardi) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae). ... Binomial name Coregonus sardinella Vallenciennes, 1848 Least Cisco (Coregonus sardinella) is a freshwater species of fish that inhabits the Arctic. ...

References

• "Coregonus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2004 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2004.
• Coregonus (TSN 161932). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 12 December 2004.
• Division of Endangered Species. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Extinct Species List". Fort Snelling, Minn.: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, n.d. Accessed 12 December 2004.

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External links

• "Coregonidae (Whitefishes)". The Fish Jukebox. Accessed on 17 December 2004.