Coregonus gutturosus

Lake Constance whitefish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Species:
†C. gutturosus
Binomial name
†Coregonus gutturosus
(C. C. Gmelin (de), 1818)

Coregonus gutturosus, the Lake Constance whitefish, is an extinct species of whitefish in the salmon family Salmonidae.[2] It was formerly found only in deep areas of Lake Constance in the Alps.[3]

Extinction

Coregonus gutturosus was a deep water whitefish that reached a length of 29 cm (11 in). Coregonus gutturosus was highly sensitive to environmental changes and it is thought that the eutrophication of Lake Constance, which peaked in 1979, irreversibly affected the development of the eggs of the species.

Surveys undertaken at the start of the 21st century failed to find any evidence of the survival of the Lake Constance whitefish.[4]

References

  1. ^ Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Coregonus gutturosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135506A4134620. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135506A4134620.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Coregonus gutturosus". FishBase. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  3. ^ Maurice Kottelat: European Freshwater Fishes; Cornol 2007. ISBN 978-2-8399-0298-4
  4. ^ "Red List - Volume 1: Vertebrates (2009) - General assessment for the vertebrate groups". Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2012-12-28.


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