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Coregonus megalops

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Species of fish

Coregonus megalops
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Species: C. megalops
Binomial name
Coregonus megalops
Widegren, 1863
Synonyms
  • Coregonus bolmeniensis Smitt, 1883

Coregonus megalops is a putative species of whitefish, part of the Coregonus lavaretus complex (European whitefish). Its distribution is in Sweden, Finland, and Russia.

In Sweden, the name C. megalops has referred to a form of whitefish known as the blåsik ("blue whitefish"). That is however no more considered a distinct species but a morphotype of Coregonus maraena ("Coregonus maraena morphotype megalops"), and not different from "Coregonus maraena morphotype nilssoni".

References

  1. ^ "Coregonus megalops Widegren, 1863". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. Freyhof, J. 2011. Coregonus megalops. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T135674A4176873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135674A4176873.en. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. Coregonus maraena morphotype megalops blåsik Artfakta. Artdatabanken, SLU
Freshwater whitefish
Members of
genus Coregonus
Members of
genus Prosopium
Members of
genus Stenodus
Family Salmonidae
Taxon identifiers
Coregonus megalops
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