Coregonus
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “pupil of the eye”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).
Proper noun
Coregonus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Salmonidae – whitefish.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Protacanthopterygii - superorder; Salmoniformes - order; Salmonidae - family; Coregoninae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Coregonus lavaretus (common whitefish) - type species; Coregonus albula (vendace), Coregonus artedi (cisco), Coregonus autumnalis (Arctic cisco), Coregonus baicalensis (Baikal whitefish), Coregonus chadary (Khadary whitefish), Coregonus clupeaformis (lake whitefish), Coregonus hoyi (bloater), Coregonus huntsmani (Atlantic whitefish), Coregonus kiyi (kiyi), Coregonus laurettae (Bering cisco), Coregonus maraena (Maraena whitefish), Coregonus migratorius (Arctic cisco), Coregonus muksun (muksun), Coregonus nasus (broad whitefish), Coregonus nigripinnis (blackfin cisco), Coregonus oxyrinchus (houting), Coregonus peled (peled), Coregonus pidschian (humpback whitefish), Coregonus pollan (Irish pollan), Coregonus sardinella (least cisco), Coregonus tugun (tugun), Coregonus ussuriensis (Amur whitefish), Coregonus vandesius (vendace), Coregonus zenithicus (shortjaw cisco) - selected other species
References
Coregonus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Coregonus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Coregonus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Coregonus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Coregonus at AnimalBase
- Coregonus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Coregonus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Coregonus at World Register of Marine Species
