Coregonus alpinus
Species of fish
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Coregonus |
Species: | C. alpinus |
Binomial name | |
Coregonus alpinus Fatio, 1885 |
Coregonus alpinus is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is endemic to Lake Thun, in Switzerland's Interlaken region, where it is found in deep water. The maximum length recorded for this species is 25 centimetres (9.8 in). It feeds on chironomids and other bottom-dwelling invertebrates. It is known as the kropfer, a name also applied to the probably extinct species Coregonus restrictus.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coregonus alpinus". FishBase. November 2009 version.
- Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Coregonus alpinus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T135632A4166746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135632A4166746.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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genus Coregonus
- Coregonus albellus (autumn brienzlig)
- C. albula (European cisco or vendace)
- †C. alpenae (longjaw cisco)
- C. alpinus
- C. anaulorum
- C. arenicolus
- C. artedi (cisco)
- C. atterensis
- C. austriacus
- C. autumnalis (Arctic cisco)
- C. baerii
- C. baicalensis
- C. baunti
- C. bavaricus
- C. bezola
- C. candidus
- C. chadary
- C. clupeaformis (lake whitefish)
- C. clupeoides
- C. confusus
- C. danneri
- C. duplex
- C. fatioi
- †C. fera (true fera)
- C. fontanae
- †C. gutturosus (Lake Constance whitefish)
- C. heglingus
- †C. hiemalis (gravenche)
- C. hoferi
- C. holsata
- C. hoyi (bloater)
- C. hubbsi (Ives Lake cisco)
- C. huntsmanni (Atlantic whitefish)
- †C. johannae (deepwater cisco)
- C. kiletz
- C. kiyi (kiyi)
- C. ladogae
- C. laurettae (Bering cisco)
- C. lavaretus
- C. lucinensis
- C. lutokka
- C. macrophthalmus
- C. maraena
- C. maraenoides (Peipsi whitefish)
- C. maxillaris
- C. megalops
- C. migratorius (omul)
- C. muksun (muksun)
- C. nasus (broad whitefish)
- C. nelsonii (Alaska whitefish)
- C. nigripinnis (blackfin cisco)
- C. nilssoni
- C. nipigon
- C. nobilis
- C. oxyrinchus (houting)
- C. palaea
- C. pallasii
- C. peled (peled)
- C. pennatii (gwyniad)
- C. pidschian (humpback whitefish or pidschian)
- C. pollan (pollan)
- C. pravdinellus
- C. reighardi (shortnose cisco)
- C. renke
- †C. restrictus
- C. sardinella (sardine cisco)
- C. stigmaticus (schelly)
- C. subautumnalis
- C. suidteri
- C. trybomi
- C. tugun
- C. ussuriensis
- C. vandesius (vendace)
- C. vessicus
- C. wartmanni
- C. widegreni
- C. zenithicus (shortjaw cisco)
- C. zuerichensis
- C. zugensis
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genus Prosopium
- P. abyssicola (Bear Lake whitefish)
- P. coulterii (pygmy whitefish)
- P. cylindraceum (round whitefish)
- P. spilonotus (Bonneville whitefish)
- P. williamsoni (mountain whitefish)
genus Stenodus
- S. nelma (nelma or inconnu)
- S. leucichthys (beloribitsa)
Family Salmonidae
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