Family : Salmonidae
Genus : Coregonus
Species : lavaretus pidschian
Accepted scientific name: Coregonus pidschian (Gmelin, 1789) (accepted name)
Synonyms:
Coregonus fera inarensis Järvi, 1928 (synonym)
Coregonus lavaretus pidschian (Gmelin, 1789) (synonym)
Coregonus lavaretus pidschianoides Pravdin, 1931 (ambiguous synonym)
Coregonus polcur (Pallas, 1814) (synonym)
Coregonus sikus (Cuvier, 1829) (synonym)
Coregonus smitti Warpachowski, 1900 (ambiguous synonym)
Salmo lavaretus (non Linnaeus, 1758) (misapplied name)
Salmo pidschian Gmelin, 1789 (synonym)
Salmo polcur Pallas, 1814 (synonym)
Salmo sikus Cuvier, 1829 (synonym)
Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 46.0 cm TL male/unsexed; common length : 32.8 cm TL male/unsexed; max. reported age: 14 years
Length at first maturity
Lm ?, range 17 - 35 cm
Environment
Demersal; anadromous; freshwater; brackish; marine
Climate / Range
Polar; 71°N - 61°N
Distribution
Arctic: Sweden and Finland to the extreme northeast of Siberia, in the western portion of the Bering Sea basin, and partly in the basin of the Sea of Okhotsk. In Alaska in the tributaries of the Beaufort, Chukchi, and Bering seas. Additional populations in Poland and in the Alps. Appendix III of the Bern Convention (protected fauna). Belongs to Coregonus clupeaformis complex.
Short description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 14; Vertebrae: 58 - 63. Distinguished by the gill rakers that are longer than 20% of the interorbital width, 19 to 25 gill rakers (with modal counts of 22 or 23), and a pronounced hump behind the head in adults. Adipose fin well developed, often larger in males; axillary process present in pelvic fins. Dark brown to midnight blue above fading to silver on sides and wide beneath; no parr marks in young.
Biology
Inhabits coastal waters near shore. Migrates up to more than 1,200 km inland for spawning. Overwinters near river mouths. There are non-migratory freshwater populations. Adults feed mostly on mollusks, crustaceans and chironomid larvae.
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial
Common names:
Common name/ Language/ Country
Bundhelt Danish -
Bundhelt Danish Denmark
Pollan Dutch -
Bottom pollan English -
Bottom Whitefish English UK
Humpback whitefish English Alaska
Humpback whitefish English USA
Ob' whitefish English Former USSR
Siberian whitefish English Mongolia
Pohjasiika Finnish Finland
Kilch French -
Pollan French -
Europäischer Kilch German Germany
Kilch German -
Kleine Bodenrenke German -
Kleine Bodenrenke German Germany
Kropffelchen German -
Kropffelchen German Switzerland
Kröpfling German -
Coregone Italian -
Coregone Italian Switzerland
駝背白鮭 Mandarin Chinese China Main
驼背白鲑 Mandarin Chinese China Main
Sieja pizjan Polish Poland
Coregono de fundo Portuguese -
Coregono-do-fundo Portuguese Portugal
сиг сибирский Russian Russian Fed
сиг-горбун Russian Russian Fed
сиг-пыжьян Russian Russian Fed
Ledovitomorskje Russian Russian Fed
Polkur Russian Former USSR
Pyzh'yan Russian Former USSR
Coregono de pidschian Spanish -
Storsik Swedish Sweden
Vitahavssik Swedish Sweden
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