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Etymology: Coregonus: Greek, kore = pupils of the eye + Greek, gonia = angle (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Evermann.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal; depth range 20 - 180 m. Temperate; 62°N - 42°N
North America: Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories, Canada southeast through Hudson Bay and Great Lakes basin (except Lakes Ontario and Erie). Declining in Lakes Superior and Nipigon. Uncommon outside Great Lakes basin (Ref. 5723).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723); common length : 28.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1998); max. reported age: 11 years (Ref. 12193)
Usually found in deep water of large lakes. Belongs to C. artedi complex. Formerly commercial important, but now extinct.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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