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Class: Teleostei
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae Salmonids
Subfamily: Coregoninae
Genus: Coregonus

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Coregonus albellus Europe 26 SL 1890
Coregonus albula Vendace Europe 48 TL 1758
Coregonus alpenae Longjaw cisco North America 45.6 TL 1924
Coregonus alpinus Europe 25 SL 1885
Coregonus anaulorum Asia 1996
Coregonus arenicolus Europe 55 SL 1997
Coregonus artedi Cisco North America 57 TL 1818
Coregonus atterensis Europe 40 TL 1997
Coregonus austriacus Europe 26 SL 1909
Coregonus autumnalis Arctic cisco Europe 65 SL 1776
Coregonus baerii Europe 57 SL 1864
Coregonus baicalensis Asia 60 TL 1874
Coregonus baunti Asia 1948
Coregonus bavaricus Europe 24.1 SL 1909
Coregonus bezola Europe 32 SL 1888
Coregonus candidus Europe 32 SL 1883
Coregonus chadary Khadary-whitefish Asia 60 TL 1869
Coregonus clupeaformis Lake whitefish North America 100 TL 1818
Coregonus clupeoides Powan Europe 38 SL 1803
Coregonus confusus Europe 35 SL 1885
Coregonus danneri Europe 22 SL 1908
Coregonus duplex Europe 44 SL 1890
Coregonus fatioi Europe 36 SL 1997
Coregonus fera Europe 55 SL 1825
Coregonus fontanae Europe 12.6 SL 2003
Coregonus gutturosus Europe 29 SL 1818
Coregonus heglingus Europe 24 SL 1822
Coregonus hiemalis Europe 40 SL 1825
Coregonus hoferi Europe 35 SL 1932
Coregonus holsatus Europe 47 SL 1916
Coregonus hoyi Bloater North America 37 TL 1874
Coregonus huntsmani Atlantic whitefish Western Atlantic 40 TL 1987
Coregonus johannae Deepwater cisco North America 26.5 SL 1910
Coregonus kiletz Europe 39 SL 1903
Coregonus kiyi Kiyi North America 35 TL 1921
Coregonus ladogae Euorpe 43 SL 1938
Coregonus laurettae Bering cisco North America 48 FL 1881
Coregonus lavaretus European whitefish Europe 73 TL 1758
Coregonus lucinensis Europe 16 SL 1933
Coregonus lutokka Europe 2005
Coregonus macrophthalmus Gangfisch Europe 30 SL 1882
Coregonus maraena Maraena whitefish Europe 130 TL 1779
Coregonus maraenoides Peipsi whitefish Europe 60 SL 1874
Coregonus maxillaris Europe 50 SL 1866
Coregonus megalops Lacustrine fluvial whitefish Europe 60 SL 1863
Coregonus migratorius Asia 56 TL 1775
Coregonus muksun Muksun Arctic Ocean basin, from 90 SL 1814
Coregonus nasus Broad whitefish Eurasia and North America 71 TL 1776
Coregonus nelsonii Alaska whitefish North America 56 TL 1884
Coregonus nigripinnis Blackfin cisco North America 39 TL 1874
Coregonus nilssoni Europe 38 SL 1848
Coregonus nipigon North America 1925
Coregonus nobilis Europe 34 SL 1882
Coregonus oxyrinchus Houting Europe 50 TL 1758
Coregonus palaea Europe 45 SL 1829
Coregonus pallasii Europe 60 SL 1848
Coregonus peled Peled Europe and Asia 50 TL 1789
Coregonus pennantii Gwyniad Europe 35 SL 1848
Coregonus pidschian Humpback whitefish Arctic Ocean basin, from 50 SL 1789
Coregonus pollan Irish pollan Europe 35 TL 1835
Coregonus pravdinellus Asia 1949
Coregonus reighardi Shortnose cisco North America 36 TL 1924
Coregonus renke Europe 29 SL 1783
Coregonus restrictus Europe 25 SL 1885
Coregonus sardinella Sardine cisco North America 47 TL 1848
Coregonus stigmaticus Schelly Europe 32 SL 1908
Coregonus subautumnalis Asia 37.5 TL 1932
Coregonus suidteri Lake Sempach whitefish Europe 38 SL 1885
Coregonus trybomi Europe 20 SL 1979
Coregonus tugun Tugun Asia 20 TL 1814
Coregonus ussuriensis Amur whitefish Asia 60 TL 1906
Coregonus vandesius Europe 20 SL 1836
Coregonus vessicus Euorpe 20 SL 1932
Coregonus wartmanni Blaufelchen Europe 50 TL 1784
Coregonus widegreni Valaam whitefish Europe 55 SL 1863
Coregonus zenithicus Shortjaw cisco North America 40 TL 1909
Coregonus zuerichensis Europe 42 SL 1882
Coregonus zugensis Europe 20 SL 1882



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