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Peipsi whitefish

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Peipsi whitefish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Species:
C. maraenoides
Binomial name
Coregonus maraenoides
Berg, 1916
Synonyms
  • Coregonus lavaretus maraenoides Berg, 1916

The Peipsi whitefish[1][2] (Coregonus maraenoides) is a freshwater whitefish of the family Salmonidae that naturally occurs in Lake Peipus on the border of Estonia and Russia, from where it also ascends to Lake Võrtsjärv to spawn. It has been introduced in Lake Burtnieks (Latvia), Gulf of Riga (Baltic Sea), many lakes of northern Russia, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, Lake Sevan (Armenia) and Balkash (Kazakhstan).[3] It is a benthopelagic fish up to 60 cm long.

It is part of the European whitefish complex (Coregonus lavaretus sensu lato), and often not distinguished from C. lavaretus.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland. 646 p.
  2. ^ Krause, T.; Palm, A. (2000). Peipsi whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus maraenoides Poljakow, in lake Peipsi. [In:] Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Biology, Ecology, 49(1), 91 - 97.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coregonus maraenoides". FishBase. June 2015 version.
  4. ^ Bailly, N. (2016). "Coregonus lavaretus maraenoides Berg, 1916". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 17, 2016.