WoRMS taxon details
Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758)
127180 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127180)
accepted
Species
Coregonus dispersus cognatus Fatio, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Coregonus lavaretus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Coregonus lavaretus maraenoides Berg, 1916 · unaccepted
Coregonus polcur brachymystax Smitt, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Coregonus rondeletii Valenciennes, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo lavaretus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Coregonus lavaretus bergi Pravdin, 1931 accepted as Coregonus maraena (Bloch, 1779)
- Forma Coregonus lavaretus f. baltica Thienemann, 1922 accepted as Coregonus maraena (Bloch, 1779) (misspelling)
- Forma Coregonus lavaretus f. balticus Thienemann, 1922 accepted as Coregonus maraena (Bloch, 1779)
- Subspecies Coregonus lavaretus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Coregonus lavaretus maraena (Bloch, 1779) accepted as Coregonus maraena (Bloch, 1779)
- Subspecies Coregonus lavaretus mediospinatus Pravdin, 1931 accepted as Coregonus maraena (Bloch, 1779)
- Subspecies Coregonus lavaretus oxyrhynchus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Coregonus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
- Subspecies Coregonus lavaretus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Coregonus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Coregonus lavaretus oxyrynchus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Coregonus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
- Subspecies Coregonus lavaretus pidschian (Gmelin, 1789) accepted as Coregonus pidschian (Gmelin, 1789)
- Subspecies Coregonus lavaretus pidschianoides Pravdin, 1931 accepted as Coregonus pidschian (Gmelin, 1789)
- Subspecies Coregonus lavaretus pravdinellus Dulkeit, 1949 accepted as Coregonus pravdinellus Dulkeit, 1949
- Subspecies Coregonus lavaretus vaetterensis Thienemann, 1921 accepted as Coregonus maraena (Bloch, 1779)
- Subspecies Coregonus lavaretus vygensis Pravdin, 1948 accepted as Coregonus maraena (Bloch, 1779)
(of Salmo lavaretus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 310 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 310 [details] Available for editors
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127180 on 2026-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Salmo lavaretus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 310 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 310 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Aquaculture [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Чудски сигchudski sig | [details] |
| Danish | helt | [details] |
| Dutch | Oostzeehoutinggrote marene | [details] |
| English | whitefishschellypowanpollanlavaretLake Chud whitefishhoutinggwyniadEuropean whitefishcommon whitefish | [details] |
| French | lavoretlavaret du Bourgetlavaretcorégone Lavaret | [details] |
| German | WandermaräneLavaretkleine Maränegroße Schwebrenkegroße MaräneBlaufelchen | [details] |
| Italian | laveretolavarellocoregone lavarellocoregone | [details] |
| Lithuanian | sykas | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Κορήγωνος | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | sik | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | sik | [details] |
| Polish | sieja pospolitasieja | [details] |
| Romanian | coregon | [details] |
| Slovenian | velika ozimica | [details] |
| Spanish | lavareto | [details] |
| Swedish | lavaretsik | [details] |
| Turkish | alabalıkakbalık | [details] |
| Ukrainian | сиг | [details] |
| Welsh | powan | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (105 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Coregonus lavaretus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Coregonus polcur brachymystax Smitt, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (215 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Coregonus lavaretus maraenoides Berg, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) (from synonym Salmo lavaretus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coregonus lavaretus)
To FishBase (from synonym Coregonus rondeletii Valenciennes, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo lavaretus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Coregonus dispersus cognatus Fatio, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Coregonus polcur brachymystax Smitt, 1883)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Coregonus lavaretus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (767 nucleotides; 1652 proteins)
To GenBank (767 nucleotides; 1652 proteins) (from synonym Salmo lavaretus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (105 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Coregonus lavaretus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Coregonus polcur brachymystax Smitt, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (215 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Coregonus lavaretus maraenoides Berg, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) (from synonym Salmo lavaretus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coregonus lavaretus)
To FishBase (from synonym Coregonus rondeletii Valenciennes, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo lavaretus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Coregonus dispersus cognatus Fatio, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Coregonus polcur brachymystax Smitt, 1883)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Coregonus lavaretus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (767 nucleotides; 1652 proteins)
To GenBank (767 nucleotides; 1652 proteins) (from synonym Salmo lavaretus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To PESI
To ITIS
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