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Coregonus nilssoni

Coregonus nilssoni is a putative species of whitefish, part of the Coregonus lavaretus complex. It is a pelagic fish feeding on zooplankton. Its distribution is in lakes of Sweden, southern Norway, Denmark and Poland.

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Coregonus nilssoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Species:
C. nilssoni
Binomial name
Coregonus nilssoni

Coregonus nilssoni is a putative species of whitefish, part of the Coregonus lavaretus complex (European whitefish).1 It is a pelagic fish feeding on zooplankton. Its distribution is in lakes of Sweden, southern Norway, Denmark and Poland.1

In Sweden, the name C. nilssoni has referred to a form of whitefish known as the planktonsik. That is however no more considered a distinct species but an ecotype within Coregonus maraena ("Coregonus maraena morphotype nilssoni"), and not different from "Coregonus maraena morphotype megalops".23

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References

  1. "Coregonus nilssoni Valenciennes, 1848". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. Coregonus maraena morphotype nilssoni planktonsik Artfakta. Artdatabanken, SLU
  3. Coregonus maraena morphotype megalops blåsik Artfakta. Artdatabanken, SLU