Fatio's Whitefish

Coregonus fatioi

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae

Coregonus is a diverse genus of fish in the salmon family (Salmonidae). The Coregonus species are known as whitefishes. The genus contains at least 68 described extant taxa, but the true number of species is a matter of debate.

Distribution

Fatio's Whitefish — Selz OM, Dönz CJ, Vonlanthen P, Seehausen O (2020) A taxonomic revision of the whitefish of lakes Brienz and Thun, Switzerland, with descriptions of four new species (Teleostei, Coregonidae). ZooKeys 989: 79-162. · CC BY 4.0

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Switzerland · 110

Sources and credits

PhotoSelz OM, Dönz CJ, Vonlanthen P, Seehausen O (2020) A taxonomic revision of the whitefish of lakes Brienz and Thun, Switzerland, with descriptions of four new species (Teleostei, Coregonidae). ZooKeys 989: 79-162. · CC BY 4.0 DescriptionCoregonus, Wikipedia contributors

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