| Coregonus lavaretus | |
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| European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Coregonus |
| Species: | C. lavaretus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coregonus lavaretus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Coregonus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Coregonus lavaretus is a species of freshwater whitefish, in the family Salmonidae. It is the type species of its genus Coregonus.[2]
There are widely different concepts about the delimitation of the species Coregonus lavaretus and about the number of species in the genus Coregonus in general.
- ^ Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Coregonus lavaretus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T5369A174778292. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T5369A174778292.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Coregonus lavaretus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 December 2004.