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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.
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
Bloater
speciesCoregonus hoyi
Peled
speciesCoregonus peled
Maraena Whitefish
speciesCoregonus maraena
Bering Cisco
speciesCoregonus laurettae
Muksun
speciesCoregonus muksun
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
Houting
speciesCoregonus oxyrinchus
Powan
speciesCoregonus clupeoides
Pollan
speciesCoregonus pollan
Blaufelchen
speciesCoregonus wartmanni
Baikal whitefish
speciesCoregonus baicalensis
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 megalops
speciesCoregonus megalops
Coregonus nilssoni
speciesCoregonus nilssoni
Aspsik
speciesCoregonus pallasii
Volkhov Whitefish
speciesCoregonus baerii
Ladoga Whitefish
speciesCoregonus ladogae
Valaam whitefish
speciesCoregonus widegreni
Ludoga Whitefish
speciesCoregonus lutokka
Penzina Cisco
speciesCoregonus subautumnalis
Anadyr Whitefish
speciesCoregonus anaulorum
Coregonus holsatus
speciesCoregonus holsatus
Balchen
speciesCoregonus suidteri
Lake Thun Albock
speciesCoregonus acrinasus
Kropfer
speciesCoregonus alpinus
autumn brienzlig
speciesCoregonus albellus
Bondelle
speciesCoregonus candidus
Pfärrit
speciesCoregonus confusus
Riedling
speciesCoregonus danneri
Albock
speciesCoregonus fatioi
Coregonus kiletz
speciesCoregonus kiletz
Hägling
speciesCoregonus heglingus
Quietschbükers
speciesCoregonus lucinensis
Coregonus arenicolus
speciesCoregonus arenicolus
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.