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Coregonus megalops

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Coregonus megalops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Species:
C. megalops
Binomial name
Coregonus megalops
Widegren, 1863
Synonyms
  • Coregonus bolmeniensis Smitt, 1883[1]

Coregonus megalops is a putative species of whitefish, part of the Coregonus lavaretus complex (European whitefish).[1] Its distribution is in Sweden, Finland and Russia.[1]

In Sweden, the name C. megalops has referred to a form of whitefish known as the blåsik ("blue whitefish"). That is however no more considered a distinct species but a morphotype of Coregonus maraena ("Coregonus maraena morphotype megalops"), and not different from "Coregonus maraena morphotype nilssoni".[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Coregonus megalops Widegren, 1863". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ Coregonus maraena morphotype megalops blåsik Artfakta. Artdatabanken, SLU