Coregonus lavaretus

Coregonus lavaretus
European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Species:
C. lavaretus
Binomial name
Coregonus lavaretus
Synonyms

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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Coregonus lavaretus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 December 2004.