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, anadromous
 Distribution:  Northeast Atlantic: Ireland to Netherlands, Germany and the countries along the coast of the Baltic Sea. Also found in several countries in central and eastern Europe. Maritime stocks may be extinct (Ref. 4537). Listed in Appendix III of the Bern Convention (protected fauna).
 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  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Luna, Susan M. - 17.10.90
 Modified by: Bailly, Nicolas - 15.10.16
 Checked by: Froese, Rainer - 08.03.94

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