Biology:Peipsi whitefish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Coregonus |
| Species: | C. maraenoides
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| Coregonus maraenoides Berg, 1916
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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
- ↑ Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland. 646 p.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Coregonus maraenoides" in FishBase. June 2015 version.
- ↑ Bailly, N. (2016). "Coregonus lavaretus maraenoides Berg, 1916". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=322866.
Wikidata ☰ Q1836045 entry
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