Coregonus palaea

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Freyhof, J. |author2=Kottelat, M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2008 |title= Coregonus palaea |page= e.T135563A4145799 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135563A4145799.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| taxon = Coregonus palaea

| authority = Cuvier, 1829

}}

Coregonus palaea is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family. It is found in Swiss lakes of Neuchâtel and Biel. In recent years it has also been introduced to Lake Geneva and other lakes in France and Switzerland.{{cite journal |last1=Roth |first1=H. |last2=Geiger |first2=W. |title=Brienzersee, Thunersee, and Bielersee: Effects of Exploitation and Eutrophication on the Salmonid Communities |journal=Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |date=1 June 1972 |volume=29 |issue=6 |pages=755–764 |doi=10.1139/f72-120 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237178997 |access-date=5 March 2024}}

Description

The fish can reach a recorded maximum length of {{cvt|45|cm}}.{{cite journal |last1=Certad |first1=Gabriela |last2=Dupouy-Camet |first2=Jean |last3=Gantois |first3=Nausicaa |last4=Hammouma-Ghelboun |first4=Ourida |last5=Pottier |first5=Muriel |last6=Guyot |first6=Karine |last7=Benamrouz |first7=Sadia |last8=Osman |first8=Marwan |last9=Delaire |first9=Baptiste |last10=Creusy |first10=Colette |last11=Viscogliosi |first11=Eric |last12=Dei-Cas |first12=Eduardo |last13=Aliouat-Denis |first13=Cecile Marie |last14=Follet |first14=Jérôme |title=Identification of Cryptosporidium Species in Fish from Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) in France |journal=PLOS ONE |date=27 July 2015 |volume=10 |issue=7 |pages=e0133047 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0133047 |doi-access=free |pmid=26213992 |pmc=4516323 |bibcode=2015PLoSO..1033047C |language=en |issn=1932-6203}}

The fish usually spawns on near-shore gravel or regions in depths up to {{convert|50|m|0}}.{{cite journal |last1=Ben Khadher |first1=Sana |last2=Agnèse |first2=Jean-François |last3=Milla |first3=Sylvain |last4=Teletchea |first4=Fabrice |last5=Fontaine |first5=Pascal |title=Patterns of genetic structure of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) in Lake Geneva at the end of the spawning season |journal=Journal of Great Lakes Research |date=1 September 2015 |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=846–852 |doi=10.1016/j.jglr.2015.04.006 |bibcode=2015JGLR...41..846B |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0380133015000842 |access-date=5 March 2024 |issn=0380-1330|url-access=subscription }} Its spawning time depends on depth and temperature of the location, which is usually from November to December in shallow water and December to February in deeper regions.{{cite journal |last1=Gerdeaux |first1=Daniel |title=The recent restoration of the whitefish fisheries in Lake Geneva: the roles of stocking, reoligotrophication, and climate change |journal=Annales Zoologici Fennici |date=2004 |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=181–189 |jstor=23736201 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23736201 |access-date=5 March 2024 |issn=0003-455X}}

References

palaea

Category:Freshwater fish of Europe

Category:Fish described in 1829