Coregonus albellus | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Coregonus |
Species: | C. albellus |
Binomial name | |
Coregonus albellus Fatio, 1890 |
Coregonus albellus, also called the Autumn brienzlig, is a species of whitefish belonging to the family Salmonidae. It is endemic to Lakes Thun and Brienz in Switzerland's Interlaken region, where it is pelagic in deep water. The maximum length recorded for this species is 26.0 centimetres (10.2 in).