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Coregonus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758) Houting |
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| Schnepel, Edelmaräne, Gangfisch, Kleine Schwebrenke, Nordseeschnäpel, Schnäpel, Schnepels, Blaunase, Breitäsche, Buchfisch, Düttelmann, Elblen, Lachs sin Hörkind, Pennfisch, Schnessen, Snepel, Strommaräne, Thielemann, Tidelmann, Tielmann | ||
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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 | |||
| Country info: | Known from the Meuse (Maas) and Schelde basins but considered extinct since the 1940s (Ref. 59043). The 'Nordseeschnäpel' used to be an important commercial species entering the Rhine and Elbe rivers for spawning. Now largely extirpated and only locally important as 'Edelmaräne' (Ref. 27368). | |||