Coregonus alpinus

Species of fish

Coregonus alpinus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Species:
C. alpinus
Binomial name
Coregonus alpinus
Fatio, 1885

Coregonus alpinus is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is endemic to Lake Thun, in Switzerland's Interlaken region, where it is found in deep water. The maximum length recorded for this species is 25 centimetres (9.8 in). It feeds on chironomids and other bottom-dwelling invertebrates. It is known as the kropfer, a name also applied to the probably extinct species Coregonus restrictus.

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2009). "Coregonus alpinus" in FishBase. November 2009 version.
  • Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Coregonus alpinus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T135632A4166746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135632A4166746.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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Members of
genus Coregonus
  • Coregonus albellus (autumn brienzlig)
  • C. albula (European cisco or vendace)
  • C. alpenae (longjaw cisco)
  • C. alpinus
  • C. anaulorum
  • C. arenicolus
  • C. artedi (cisco)
  • C. atterensis
  • C. austriacus
  • C. autumnalis (Arctic cisco)
  • C. baerii
  • C. baicalensis
  • C. baunti
  • C. bavaricus
  • C. bezola
  • C. candidus
  • C. chadary
  • C. clupeaformis (lake whitefish)
  • C. clupeoides
  • C. confusus
  • C. danneri
  • C. duplex
  • C. fatioi
  • C. fera (true fera)
  • C. fontanae
  • C. gutturosus (Lake Constance whitefish)
  • C. heglingus
  • C. hiemalis (gravenche)
  • C. hoferi
  • C. holsata
  • C. hoyi (bloater)
  • C. hubbsi (Ives Lake cisco)
  • C. huntsmanni (Atlantic whitefish)
  • C. johannae (deepwater cisco)
  • C. kiletz
  • C. kiyi (kiyi)
  • C. ladogae
  • C. laurettae (Bering cisco)
  • C. lavaretus
  • C. lucinensis
  • C. lutokka
  • C. macrophthalmus
  • C. maraena
  • C. maraenoides (Peipsi whitefish)
  • C. maxillaris
  • C. megalops
  • C. migratorius (omul)
  • C. muksun (muksun)
  • C. nasus (broad whitefish)
  • C. nelsonii (Alaska whitefish)
  • C. nigripinnis (blackfin cisco)
  • C. nilssoni
  • C. nipigon
  • C. nobilis
  • C. oxyrinchus (houting)
  • C. palaea
  • C. pallasii
  • C. peled (peled)
  • C. pennatii (gwyniad)
  • C. pidschian (humpback whitefish or pidschian)
  • C. pollan (pollan)
  • C. pravdinellus
  • C. reighardi (shortnose cisco)
  • C. renke
  • C. restrictus
  • C. sardinella (sardine cisco)
  • C. stigmaticus (schelly)
  • C. subautumnalis
  • C. suidteri
  • C. trybomi
  • C. tugun
  • C. ussuriensis
  • C. vandesius (vendace)
  • C. vessicus
  • C. wartmanni
  • C. widegreni
  • C. zenithicus (shortjaw cisco)
  • C. zuerichensis
  • C. zugensis
Members of
genus Prosopium
  • P. abyssicola (Bear Lake whitefish)
  • P. coulterii (pygmy whitefish)
  • P. cylindraceum (round whitefish)
  • P. spilonotus (Bonneville whitefish)
  • P. williamsoni (mountain whitefish)
Members of
genus Stenodus
  • S. nelma (nelma or inconnu)
  • S. leucichthys (beloribitsa)
Family Salmonidae
Taxon identifiers
Coregonus alpinus


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