Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Salmoniformes > Family Salmonidae > Subfamily Coregoninae > Genus Coregonus

Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Salmo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Coregonus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Salmo lavaretus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): sik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: chudski sig; Чудски сиг sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: helt sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grote marene; Oostzeehouting sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.;de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.

English: common whitefish; gwyniad; Lake Chud whitefish; lavaret; powan; schelly sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

English-United States: Common whitefish; Lake Chud whitefish; Lavaret; Powan; Whitefish sources: Charles Hussey

French: corégone Lavaret; lavaret; lavaret du Bourget; lavoret sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Blaufelchen; große Maräne; große Schwebrenke; kleine Maräne; Lavaret; Wandermaräne sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Κορήγωνος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: coregone; coregone lavarello; lavarello; lavereto sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.

Lithuanian: sykas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: sik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: sik

Norwegian Nynorsk: sik

Nynorsk (Norwegian): sik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: sieja; sieja pospolita sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: coregon sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: velika ozimica sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: lavareto sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: lavaretsik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: akbalık; alabalık sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: сиг sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: powan

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Taxon found in 299 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (197 publications)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (85 barcodes)
FishBase
GenBank (386 nucleotides; 1248 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127180

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304685