Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Salmoniformes > Family: Salmonidae > Genus: Coregonus > Species: Coregonus lavaretus > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Coregonus lavaretus Complex

Common whitefish - Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Vulnerable (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 2 other international agreements
Most preferred habitats	coastal marine inlets and transitional waters rivers and lakes
May also occur in	shelf

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Vulnerable

Europe

Vulnerable

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex V: animal and plant species of community interest whose taking in the wild and exploitation may be subject to management measures. (Coregonus spp.)	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (Coregonus all species)	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention)	Threatened and/or declining species in the Baltic Sea	http://www.helcom.fi/action-areas/species-and-habitats

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Älvsik	Swedish	Fishbase
Aspsik	Swedish	Fishbase
Blåsik	Swedish	Fishbase
Blaufelchen	German	Fishbase
Chudski sig	Bulgarian	Fishbase
Common whitefish	English	Fishbase
Coregon	Romanian	Fishbase
Coregone	Italian	Fishbase
Coregone lavarello	Italian	Fishbase
Corégone lavaret	French	Fishbase
Coregono-lavareda	Portuguese	Fishbase
Große Maräne	German	Fishbase
Große Schwebrenke	German	Fishbase
Grote marene	Dutch	Fishbase
Helt	Danish	Fishbase
Houting	English	Fishbase
Kleine Maräne	German	Fishbase
Lake Chud whitefish	English	Fishbase
Lavarello	Italian	Fishbase
Lavaret	English	Fishbase
Lavaret	French	Fishbase
Lavaret	German	Fishbase
Lavaret du Bourget	French	Fishbase
Lavereto	Italian	Fishbase
Lavoret	French	Fishbase
Obyknovennyi prokhodnoi sig	Russian	Fishbase
Obyknovennyi sig	Russian	Fishbase
Planktonsik	Swedish	Fishbase
Pollan	English	Fishbase
Pollan	Irish (recte Irish Gaelic)	Fishbase
Powan	English	Fishbase
Prokhodskoi sig	Russian	Fishbase
Sandsik	Swedish	Fishbase
Schelly	English	Fishbase
Sieja	Polish	Fishbase
Sieja a. brzona	Polish	Fishbase
Sieja wedrowna	Polish	Fishbase
siga	Latvian	Latvian NRC
Siika	Finnish	Fishbase
Sik	Norwegian	Fishbase
Storsik	Swedish	Fishbase
Vaellussiika	Finnish	Fishbase
Whitefish	English	Fishbase

Synonym	Author
Coregonus sardinella baunti	Mukhomediyarov, 1948
Coregonus wartmanni	(non Bloch, 1784)
Coregonus lavaretus lavaretus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Coregonus all species
Coregonus spp.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
FishBase	FishBase
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Coregonus lavaretus	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species

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