Arctic cisco

Arctic cisco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Salmoniformes
Family:Salmonidae
Genus:Coregonus
Species: C. autumnalis
Binomial name
Coregonus autumnalis
(Pallas, 1776)

Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis) is an anadromous species of freshwater whitefish that inhabits the Arctic parts of Siberia, Alaska and Canada. It has a close freshwater relative in several lakes of Ireland, known as the pollan, alternatively regarded as conspecific with it, or as a distinct species.[1][2]

The freshwater omul of Lake Baikal, formerly considered a subspecies Coregonus autumnalis migratorius of the Arctic cisco, has no close genetic relationship to it and is now classified as a separate species, Coregonus migratorius.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Coregonus autumnalis" in FishBase. 04 2010 version.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Coregonus pollan" in FishBase. 04 2010 version.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Coregonus migratorius" in FishBase. 04 2010 version.
  4. ↑ Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Coregonus autumnalis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T5363A11123479. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T5363A11123479.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.


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