Coregonus candidus explained

Coregonus candidus, locally known as shiny whitefish,^[1] is a freshwater species of fish of the genus coregonus, which is also known as whitefish, found in the Lake Neuchâtel and Bienne of Switzerland. The fish is classified as vulnerable according to the IUCN standard due to overfishing and improper management of the water body.^{[2] [3]}

Description

The maximum recorded length of the fish can reach up to .^[4] It lives at or near the bottom of the water, up to . The species spawn in January on sandy or muddy lakebed.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Swiss native fish in troubled waters . 5 February 2024 . phys.org . en.
2. News: "Too clean" Swiss lakes threaten fish stocks . 5 February 2024 . SWI swissinfo.ch . 8 August 2001 . en.
3. Kirchhofer . Arthur . The assessment of fish vulnerability in Switzerland based on distribution data . Biological Conservation . 1 April 1997 . 80 . 1 . 1–8 . 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00099-7 . 1997BCons..80....1K . 5 February 2024 . 0006-3207.
4. Hudson . Alan G. . Lundsgaard-Hansen . Baenz . Lucek . Kay . Vonlanthen . Pascal . Seehausen . Ole . Managing cryptic biodiversity: Fine-scale intralacustrine speciation along a benthic gradient in Alpine whitefish (Coregonus spp.) . Evolutionary Applications . March 2017 . 10 . 3 . 251–266 . 10.1111/eva.12446 . 28250810 . 5322408 . 2017EvApp..10..251H . en . 1752-4571.
5. Vonlanthen . P. . Roy . D. . Hudson . A. G. . LargiadèR . C. R. . Bittner . D. . Seehausen . O. . Divergence along a steep ecological gradient in lake whitefish (Coregonus sp.) . Journal of Evolutionary Biology . March 2009 . 22 . 3 . 498–514 . 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01670.x . 19170819 . 5 February 2024 . en . 1010-061X.