Arctic cisco

Arctic cisco
Arctic cisco
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Subfamily: Coregoninae
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 also 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 Daniel Pauly, eds. (2010). "Coregonus autumnalis" in FishBase. 04 2010 version.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2010). "Coregonus pollan" in FishBase. 04 2010 version.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2010). "Coregonus migratorius" in FishBase. 04 2010 version.
  4. ^ Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Coregonus autumnalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/5363. 
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