WoRMS taxon details

Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill, 1818)

158726  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158726)

accepted
Species
Coregonus albus Lesueur, 1818 · unaccepted (synonym)
Coregonus atikameg Bajkov, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
Coregonus clupeiformis (Mitchill, 1818) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Coregonus latior Agassiz, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Coregonus sapidissimus Agassiz, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo clupeaformis Mitchill, 1818 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo labradoricus Richardson, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Salmo clupeaformis Mitchill, 1818) Mitchill, S.L. (1818). Memoir on ichthyology. The fishes of New York... In a supplement to the Memoir. <em>Am. Monthly Mag. Crit. Rev.</em> 2: 241-248, 321-328.
page(s): 321 [details]   
Distribution throughout Alaska and Canada south into New England, the Great Lakes Basin and central Minnesota  
Distribution throughout Alaska and Canada south into New England, the Great Lakes Basin and central Minnesota [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158726 on 2024-04-18
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2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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2020-09-24 06:35:24Z
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original description  (of Coregonus albus Lesueur, 1818) Lesueur, C. A. (1818). Descriptions of several new species of North American fishes. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 222-235; 359-368, Pls. 8-11, 14.
page(s): 232 [details]   

original description  (of Coregonus atikameg Bajkov, 1933) Bajkov, A. D. (1933). Description of two new whitefish from Manitoban waters. <em>Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie, Leipzig.</em> 29 (1-2): 29-32. [details]   

original description  (of Coregonus sapidissimus Agassiz, 1850) Agassiz, L. (1850). Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions. By Louis Agassiz. With a narrative of the tour, by J. Elliot Cabot. And contributions by other scientific gentlemen. <em>Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, Boston.</em> i-x + 9-428, frontispiece + Pls. 1-16. [details]   

original description  (of Salmo clupeaformis Mitchill, 1818) Mitchill, S.L. (1818). Memoir on ichthyology. The fishes of New York... In a supplement to the Memoir. <em>Am. Monthly Mag. Crit. Rev.</em> 2: 241-248, 321-328.
page(s): 321 [details]   

original description  (of Coregonus latior Agassiz, 1850) Agassiz, L. (1850). Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions. By Louis Agassiz. With a narrative of the tour, by J. Elliot Cabot. And contributions by other scientific gentlemen. <em>Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, Boston.</em> i-x + 9-428, frontispiece + Pls. 1-16. [details]   

original description  (of Coregonus neohantoniensis Prescott, 1851) Prescott, W. (1851). Descriptions of new species of fishes. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 2).</em> 11 (33): 340-345. [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]   

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Diet Feeds on insects, mollusks, amphipods, fishes and fish eggs, including their own [details]

Distribution throughout Alaska and Canada south into New England, the Great Lakes Basin and central Minnesota [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Habitat Found at depths of 18- 128 m, in rivers and, primarily lakes. [details]

Importance Social- Commercial, gamefish [details]

Predators Bony fishes, including perch and sea lamprey [details]

Reproduction External fertilization [details]
LanguageName 
English lake whitefishcommon whitefish  [details]
French grand corégone  [details]