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.

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