Ives Lake cisco
| Ives Lake cisco | |
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| Photograph of the Ives Lake cisco published by Walter Koelz in 1929 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Coregonus |
| Species: | C. hubbsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Coregonus hubbsi (Koelz, 1929)
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The Ives Lake cisco (Coregonus hubbsi) is a freshwater whitefish known to inhabit a single inland lake in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The species was last observed in 1983, although there is disagreement on whether it is distinct from Coregonus artedi.[1] This taxon has been found only in Ives Lake, a lake in the Huron Mountains.[2][3] The lake encompasses a radius of less than 1.5 miles (2.4 km).[4]
Discovery
With the cooperation of the Huron Mountain Club, specimens were first collected by Carl Leavitt Hubbs and Walter Koelz in 1924 and 1927.[4] Koelz published their discovery through the University of Michigan in 1929, and designated the taxon as Leucichthys hubbsi.[4] Koelz found the stream draining Ives Lake quickly dropped over 100 feet (30 m), and postulated that the stream's steepness had prevented faunal interchange since the time of Lake Algonquin.[4]
Description
Walter Koelz described Coregonous hubbsi in a 1929 publication titled "Leucichthys hubbsi, a new cisco, From Ives Lake,
Conservation status
There has been scientific disagreement on whether or not the Ives Lake cisco is a distinct species from the widespread C. artedi; hence there is no consensus on the conservation status.[3] A 2005 report from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources recommended that the Ives Lake cisco be removed from the list of "special-concern" species.[3] However, a 2013 report from the same publisher gave the Ives Lake cisco a "critically imperiled" G-rank and S-rank for conservation status, and listed the fish as "extremely vulnerable" to climate change.[5]
References
- ^ "Coregonus hubbsi". Michigan Natural Features Inventory. Michigan State University. 2007. Archived from the original on June 27, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- ^ Whittaker, J. C. & Hammerson, G. (February 23, 1995). "Coregonus hubbsi - (Koelz, 1929)". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
- ^ a b c Latta, W. C. (October 2005). "Status of Michigan's Endangered, Threatened, Special-concern, and Other Fishes, 1993–2001". Fisheries Research Report. 2079. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
- ^ hdl:2027.42/56643.
- ^ Hoving, Christopher L.; Lee, Yu Man; Badra, Peter J.; Latt, Brian J. (April 2013). "Changing Climate, Changing Wildlife: A Vulnerability Assessment of 400 Species of Greatest Conservation Need and Game Species in Michigan". Wildlife Division Report. No. 3564. Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
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