Common whitefish
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| Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
The common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae). It is the type species of its genus.
This fish is very common in Russian Arctic lakes, where it is known as sig (Russian: сиг).
The gwyniad (C. pennantii) is sometimes considered to be a subspecies or population of C. lavaretus. The common whitefish is also sometimes called the lavaret or the powan, although the latter refers more properly to C. clupeoides.
[edit] References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Coregonus lavaretus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
- "Coregonus lavaretus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2004 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2004.
- Coregonus lavaretus (TSN 161950). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 12 December 2004.
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