Arctic cisco
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| Arctic cisco | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Subfamily: | Coregoninae |
| Genus: | Coregonus |
| Species: | C. autumnalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Coregonus autumnalis (Pallas, 1776) |
Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis) is an anadromous species of freshwater whitefish that inhabits the Arctic parts of Siberia, Alaska and Canada. It also has a close freshwater relative in several lakes of Ireland, known as the pollan, alternatively regarded as conspecific with it, or as a distinct species.[1][2]
The freshwater omul of Lake Baikal, formerly considered a subspecies Coregonus autumnalis migratorius of the Arctic cisco, has no close genetic relationship to it, and is now classified as a separate species Coregonus migratorius.[3] [4]
References[edit]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Coregonus autumnalis" in FishBase. 04 2010 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Coregonus pollan" in FishBase. 04 2010 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Coregonus migratorius" in FishBase. 04 2010 version.
- ^ Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Coregonus autumnalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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