Peipsi whitefish

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Peipsi whitefish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Species:
C. maraenoides
Binomial name
Coregonus maraenoides
Berg, 1916
Synonyms
  • Coregonus lavaretus maraenoides Berg, 1916

The Peipsi whitefish

Balkash (Kazakhstan).[3]
It is a benthopelagic fish up to 60 cm long.

It is part of the European whitefish complex (Coregonus lavaretus sensu lato), and often not distinguished from C. lavaretus.[4]

References

  1. ^ Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland. 646 p.
  2. ^ Krause, T.; Palm, A. (2000). Peipsi whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus maraenoides Poljakow, in lake Peipsi. [In:] Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Biology, Ecology, 49(1), 91 - 97.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Coregonus maraenoides" in FishBase. June 2015 version.
  4. ^ Bailly, N. (2016). "Coregonus lavaretus maraenoides Berg, 1916". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 17, 2016.