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Whitefishes
Coregonus
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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 81 known species
Lake Whitefish
speciesCoregonus clupeaformis
Cisco
speciesCoregonus artedi
Common Whitefish
speciesCoregonus lavaretus
Least Cisco
speciesCoregonus albula
Broad Whitefish
speciesCoregonus nasus
Kiyi
speciesCoregonus kiyi
Humpback Whitefish
speciesCoregonus pidschian
Omul
speciesCoregonus migratorius
Arctic Cisco
speciesCoregonus autumnalis
Peled
speciesCoregonus peled
Bloater
speciesCoregonus hoyi
Maraena Whitefish
speciesCoregonus maraena
Muksun
speciesCoregonus muksun
Bering Cisco
speciesCoregonus laurettae
Amur whitefish
speciesCoregonus ussuriensis
Sardine Cisco
speciesCoregonus sardinella
Reinanke
speciesCoregonus atterensis
Tugun
speciesCoregonus tugun
Khadary Whitefish
speciesCoregonus chadary
Palée
speciesCoregonus palaea
Teletskoye Whitefish
speciesCoregonus smitti
Atlantic Whitefish
speciesCoregonus huntsmani
Baikal whitefish
speciesCoregonus baicalensis
Houting
speciesCoregonus oxyrinchus
Pollan
speciesCoregonus pollan
Blaufelchen
speciesCoregonus wartmanni
Powan
speciesCoregonus clupeoides
Riverine Hump-nosed Whitefish
speciesCoregonus fluviatilis
Nipigon Cisco
speciesCoregonus nipigon
Bezola
speciesCoregonus bezola
True Fera
speciesCoregonus fera
Lake Constance Whitefish
speciesCoregonus gutturosus
Férit
speciesCoregonus restrictus
Spring spawning cisco
speciesCoregonus trybomi
Coregonus karasjovi
speciesCoregonus karasjovi
Coregonus skrjabini
speciesCoregonus skrjabini
Coregonus sajanensis
speciesCoregonus sajanensis
Albeli
speciesCoregonus zugensis
Coregonus nilssoni
speciesCoregonus nilssoni
Ludoga Whitefish
speciesCoregonus lutokka
Volkhov Whitefish
speciesCoregonus baerii
Ladoga Whitefish
speciesCoregonus ladogae
Valaam whitefish
speciesCoregonus widegreni
Anadyr Whitefish
speciesCoregonus anaulorum
Aspsik
speciesCoregonus pallasii
Coregonus megalops
speciesCoregonus megalops
Penzina Cisco
speciesCoregonus subautumnalis
Deepwater Cisco
speciesCoregonus johannae
Longjaw Cisco
speciesCoregonus alpenae
Shortjaw Cisco
speciesCoregonus zenithicus
Alaska whitefish
speciesCoregonus nelsonii
Balchen
speciesCoregonus suidteri
Coregonus holsatus
speciesCoregonus holsatus
Coregonus muelleri
speciesCoregonus muelleri
Edelfisch
speciesCoregonus nobilis
Blackfin Cisco
speciesCoregonus nigripinnis
Obliterated Whitefish
speciesCoregonus obliterus
Gwyniad
speciesCoregonus pennantii
Pravdin's Dwarf Whitefish
speciesCoregonus pravdinellus
Coregonus profundus
speciesCoregonus profundus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87626.