Arctic cisco

Arctic cisco
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Species:
C. autumnalis
Binomial name
Coregonus autumnalis
(Pallas, 1776)

The Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis), also known as omul (Russian: Омуль), is an anadromous species of freshwater whitefish that inhabits the Arctic parts of Siberia, Alaska and Canada. It has a close freshwater relative in several lakes of Ireland, known as the pollan, alternatively regarded as conspecific with it, or as a distinct species.[2][3]

  1. ^ Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Coregonus autumnalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T5363A11123479. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T5363A11123479.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coregonus autumnalis". FishBase. April 2010 version.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coregonus pollan". FishBase. April 2010 version.