Coregonus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Coregonus oxyrinchus
photo by Günther, A.C.L.G.

Family:  Salmonidae (Salmonids), subfamily: Coregoninae
Max. size:  50 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 2,000.0 g
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater; brackish, anadromous
Distribution:  Europe: several countries in central and eastern Europe. Northeast Atlantic: Ireland to Netherlands, Germany and the countries along the coast of the Baltic Sea. Maritime stocks may be extinct (Ref. 4537).
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  In brackish water and main rivers; no evidence that it enters marine waters (Ref. 59043). Also non-migratory freshwater populations (Ref. 13696). Feeds on zooplankton, supplemented by benthic invertebrates in adults. Extinct since about 1940 (Ref. 59043).
IUCN Red List Status: Extinct (EX); Date assessed: 01 January 2008 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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