Coregonus nilssoni is a putative species of whitefish, part of the Coregonus lavaretus complex (European whitefish).[1] It is a pelagic fish feeding on zooplankton. Its distribution is in lakes of Sweden, southern Norway, Denmark and Poland.[1]
| Coregonus nilssoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Coregonus |
| Species: | C. nilssoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Coregonus nilssoni Valenciennes, 1848
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In Sweden, the name C. nilssoni has referred to a form of whitefish known as the planktonsik. That is however no more considered a distinct species but an ecotype within Coregonus maraena ("Coregonus maraena morphotype nilssoni"), and not different from "Coregonus maraena morphotype megalops".[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Coregonus nilssoni Valenciennes, 1848". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ Coregonus maraena morphotype nilssoni planktonsik Artfakta. Artdatabanken, SLU
- ^ Coregonus maraena morphotype megalops blåsik Artfakta. Artdatabanken, SLU