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Coregonus maraena

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Salmoniformes

Subfamily
  
Coregoninae

Scientific name
  
Coregonus maraena

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Salmonidae

Genus
  
Coregonus

Higher classification
  
Coregonus

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Similar
  
Coregonus, Salmonids, Bony fishes, Houting, Peled

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Coregonus maraena, referred to in English as the maraene, maraena whitfish or the whitefish, is a whitefish of the family Salmonidae that occurs in the Baltic Sea basin - in the sea itself and the inflowing rivers, and in several lakes as landlocked populations. It is found in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia (Štrbské pleso), Russia and Sweden. As of 2013, it has been listed as a vulnerable species by the IUCN and as endangered by HELCOM.

In the Baltic basin countries, this species has traditionally been known as Coregonus lavaretus (the common whitefish). The name Coregonus maraena has been adopted following the suggestion that the name Coregonus lavaretus should only be applied narrowly to some whitefish populations in France and Switzerland, as advocated by Kottelat and Freyhof, and repeated by the IUCN and FishBase.

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Coregonus maraena Wikipedia