Coregonus lutokka

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Coregonus lutokka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Species:
C. lutokka
Binomial name
Coregonus lutokka
Kottelat, Bogutskaya, & Freyhof, 2005
Synonyms

Coregonus widegreni ludoga Berg, 1916

Coregonus lutokka is a putative species of whitefish in the genus Coregonus. It is native to Lake Onega and Lake Ladoga in Karelia, but it has been introduced to many other water bodies in Russia. It eats benthic larvae, molluscs and crustaceans, but in the summer it usually switches to feed on zooplankton.[2]

It was originally described in 1916 by Lev Berg as Coregonus widegreni ludoga.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Coregonus lutokka". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008-01-01. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  2. ^ "Coregonus lutokka summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2020-05-07.