| Bering cisco | |
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| Illustration from The Natural History of Useful Aquatic Animals | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Coregonus |
| Species: | C. laurettae
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| Binomial name | |
| Coregonus laurettae T. H. Bean, 1881
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| Synonyms | |
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Argyrosomus alascanus Scofield, 1898 | |
The Bering cisco or Lauretta whitefish (Coregonus laurettae) is a freshwater whitefish found in Alaska and part of Russia. It is often considered to be the same species as the more common Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis).[1][2]
- ^ "Bering Cisco" (PDF). Alaska Natural Heritage Program. 23 March 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
- ^ COSEWIC (2004). "COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Bering cisco Coregonus laurettae in Canada" (PDF). Ottawa: Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.