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Etymology: Coregonus: Greek, kore = pupils of the eye + Greek, gonia = angle (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range 12 - 100 m (Ref. 59043). Temperate; 48°N - 47°N, 8°E - 10°E
Europe: lakes Zürich, Walenstadt, Pfäffikon and Greiffensee, Switzerland. Extirpated in Lakes Pfäffikon and Greiffensee (Ref. 59043).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 59043)
Lacustrine, in midwater. Feeds on plankton. Spawns at depths of 12-100 m.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M., 1997. European freshwater fishes. An heuristic checklist of the freshwater fishes of Europe (exclusive of former USSR), with an introduction for non-systematists and comments on nomenclature and conservation. Biologia, Bratislava, 52/Suppl. 5:1-271. (Ref. 13696)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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