Coregonus candidus
| Coregonus candidus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Coregonus |
| Species: | C. candidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coregonus candidus Goll, 1883
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Coregonus candidus, locally known as shiny whitefish,[2] is a freshwater species of fish of the genus coregonus, which is also known as whitefish, found in the Lake Neuchâtel and Bienne of Switzerland. The fish is classified as vulnerable according to the IUCN standard due to overfishing and improper management of the water body.[3][4]
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded length of the fish can reach up to 32 cm (13 in).[5] It lives at or near the bottom of the water, up to 90–130 m (300–430 ft). The species spawn in January on sandy or muddy lakebed.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Coregonus candidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135599A4157062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135599A4157062.en.
- ^ "Swiss native fish in troubled waters". phys.org. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ ""Too clean" Swiss lakes threaten fish stocks". SWI swissinfo.ch. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ Kirchhofer, Arthur (1 April 1997). "The assessment of fish vulnerability in Switzerland based on distribution data". Biological Conservation. 80 (1): 1–8. Bibcode:1997BCons..80....1K. doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00099-7. ISSN 0006-3207. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ Hudson, Alan G.; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Baenz; Lucek, Kay; Vonlanthen, Pascal; Seehausen, Ole (March 2017). "Managing cryptic biodiversity: Fine-scale intralacustrine speciation along a benthic gradient in Alpine whitefish ( Coregonus spp.)". Evolutionary Applications. 10 (3): 251–266. Bibcode:2017EvApp..10..251H. doi:10.1111/eva.12446. ISSN 1752-4571. PMC 5322408. PMID 28250810.
- ^ Vonlanthen, P.; Roy, D.; Hudson, A. G.; LargiadèR, C. R.; Bittner, D.; Seehausen, O. (March 2009). "Divergence along a steep ecological gradient in lake whitefish ( Coregonus sp.)". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22 (3): 498–514. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01670.x. ISSN 1010-061X. PMID 19170819. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
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