Coregonus baicalensis

Coregonus baicalensis
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Salmoniformes
Family:	Salmonidae
Subfamily:	Coregoninae
Genus:	Coregonus
Species:	C. baicalensis
Binomial name
Coregonus baicalensis Dybowski, 1874
Lake Baikal, the home of Coregonus baicalensis
Synonyms
Coregonus lavaretus baicalensis Dybowski, 1874

Coregonus baicalensis is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is endemic to the Russian Federation's Lake Baikal where it is found on the bottom demersal. The maximum length recorded for this species is 60 centimetres (24 in). The average length is a few centimetres above 50 centimetres (20 in). It is also known as the Baikal whitefish. It is frequently considered to be a subspecies of Coregonus lavaretus.

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Coregonus baicalensis" in FishBase. June 2010 version.

Freshwater whitefish
Members of genus Coregonus	Coregonus albellus (autumn brienzlig) C. albula (European cisco or vendace) †C. alpenae (longjaw cisco) C. alpinus C. anaulorum C. arenicolus C. artedi (cisco) C. atterensis C. austriacus C. autumnalis (Arctic cisco) C. baerii C. baicalensis C. baunti C. bavaricus C. bezola C. candidus C. chadary C. clupeaformis (lake whitefish) C. clupeoides C. confusus C. danneri C. duplex C. fatioi †C. fera (true fera) C. fontanae †C. gutturosus (Lake Constance whitefish) C. heglingus †C. hiemalis (gravenche) C. hoferi C. holsata C. hoyi (bloater) C. hubbsi (Ives Lake cisco) C. huntsmanni (Atlantic whitefish) †C. johannae (deepwater cisco) C. kiletz C. kiyi (kiyi) C. ladogae C. laurettae (Bering cisco) C. lavaretus C. lucinensis C. lutokka C. macrophthalmus C. maraena C. maraenoides (Peipsi whitefish) C. maxillaris C. megalops C. migratorius (omul) C. muksun (muksun) C. nasus (broad whitefish) C. nelsonii (Alaska whitefish) C. nigripinnis (blackfin cisco) C. nilssoni C. nipigon C. nobilis C. oxyrinchus (houting) C. palaea C. pallasii C. peled (peled) C. pennatii (gwyniad) C. pidschian (humpback whitefish or pidschian) C. pollan (pollan) C. pravdinellus C. reighardi (shortnose cisco) C. renke C. restrictus C. sardinella (sardine cisco) C. stigmaticus (schelly) C. subautumnalis C. suidteri C. trybomi C. tugun C. ussuriensis C. vandesius (vendace) C. vessicus C. wartmanni C. widegreni C. zenithicus (shortjaw cisco) C. zuerichensis C. zugensis
Members of genus Prosopium	P. abyssicola (Bear Lake whitefish) P. coulterii (pygmy whitefish) P. cylindraceum (round whitefish) P. spilonotus (Bonneville whitefish) P. williamsoni (mountain whitefish)
Members of genus Stenodus	S. nelma (nelma or inconnu) S. leucichthys (beloribitsa)
Family Salmonidae