Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Salmoniformes > Family Salmonidae > Subfamily Coregoninae

Coregonus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Coregonus albellus Fatio, 1890
Coregonus albula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coregonus alpinus Fatio, 1885
Coregonus arenicolus Kottelat, 1997
Coregonus atterensis Kottelat, 1997
Coregonus austriacus Vogt, 1909
Coregonus autumnalis (Pallas, 1776)
Coregonus baerii Kessler, 1864
Coregonus bavaricus Hofer, 1909
Coregonus bezola Fatio, 1888
Coregonus candidus Goll, 1883
Coregonus clupeoides lacepede, 1803
Coregonus confusus Fatio, 1885
Coregonus danneri Vogt, 1908
Coregonus duplex Fatio, 1890
Coregonus fatioi Kottelat, 1997
Coregonus fera Jurine, 1825
Coregonus fontanae Schulz & Freyho, 2003
Coregonus gutturosus (Gmelin, 1818)
Coregonus heglingus Schinz, 1822
Coregonus hiemalis Jurine, 1825
Coregonus hoferi Berg, 1932
Coregonus kiletz Michailowsky, 1903
Coregonus ladogae Pravdin, Golubev & Belyaeva, 1938
Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coregonus lucinensis Thienemann, 1933
Coregonus macrophthalmus Nusslin, 1882
Coregonus maraena (Bloch, 1779)
Coregonus maraenoides Berg, 1916
Coregonus maxillaris Günther, 1866
Coregonus megalops Widegren, 1863
Coregonus muksun (Pallas, 1814)
Coregonus nasus (Pallas, 1776)
Coregonus nilssoni Valenciennes, 1848
Coregonus nobilis Haack, 1882
Coregonus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coregonus palaea Cuvier, 1829
Coregonus pallasii Valenciennes, 1848
Coregonus peled (Gmelin, 1789)
Coregonus pennantii Valenciennes, 1848
Coregonus pidschian (Gmelin, 1789)
Coregonus pollan Thompson, 1835
Coregonus renke (Schrank, 1783)
Coregonus restrictus Fatio, 1885
Coregonus sardinella Valenciennes, 1848
Coregonus stigmaticus Regan, 1908
Coregonus suidteri Fatio, 1885
Coregonus trybomi Svardson, 1979
Coregonus vandesius Richardson, 1836
Coregonus vessicus Drjagin, 1933
Coregonus wartmanni (Bloch, 1784)
Coregonus widegreni Malmgren, 1863
Coregonus zuerichensis Nusslin, 1882
Coregonus zugensis Nusslin, 1882

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: marene sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.
 English: whitefish sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.
 German: Coregonen; Felchen; Maränen; Reinanken; Renken; Schnäpel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: coregoni sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: sykai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: сиг sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: ozimice sources: Davorin Tome
 Ukrainian: Сиг

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.

basis of record

van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374

additional source

Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

taxonomy source

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coregonus Linnaeus, 1758. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126139

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Coregonus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/9f40224d-1e72-49c2-a2ab-5a558716b2bf

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126139
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:304660

Last modified

2019-05-27 by Dr. Jorg Freyhof & by Nicolas Bailly

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