Coregonus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “pupil of the eye”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).

Proper noun

Coregonus m

1. 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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Coregonus at World Register of Marine Species