Coregonus pallasii Valenciennes, 1848
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Coregonus pallasii is a putative species of whitefish in the family Salmonidae, part of the Coregonus lavaretus complex (European whitefish).
It is a lacustrine fish, indicated to live in large lakes of Sweden, Finland and Karelia (Russia). A typical size is 42 cm and maximum size 60 cm.
In Sweden, the name C. pallasii has been used of a whitefish form known as aspsik in the large lakes of the northern river basins, including lakes Pakijaure, Hornävan, Storlaisan, Storuman, Vojmsjön and Storlögdan. Currently these populations are no more considered separate from the common whitefish, but as a morphotype within Coregonus maraena. Also in Finland, only one species of the C. lavaretus group is recognized, and C. lavaretus f. pallasi has been used to denote the zooplankton-feeding ecomorph "northern densely-rakered whitefish".
Wikipedia contributors, Coregonus pallasii; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:24:16.009307+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Coregonus pallasii Valenciennes, 1848
- Name authority
- Valenciennes, 1848
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Salmoniformes
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Genus
- Coregonus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSalmoniformes
- familySalmonidae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyCoregoninae Bonaparte, 1845
- genusCoregonus Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesCoregonus pallasii Valenciennes, 1848
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Coregonus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Coregonus maxillaris Günther, 1866 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus maraena (Bloch, 1779) | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus ladogae Pravdin, Golubev & Belyaeva, 1938 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus megalops Widegren, 1863 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus macrophthalmus Nüsslin, 1882 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus lucinensis Thienemann, 1933 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus johannae (Wagner, 1910) | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus fontanae Schulz & Freyhof, 2003 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus fatioi Kottelat, 1997 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| muksunCoregonus muksun (Pallas, 1814) | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coregonus pravdinellus Dulkeit, 1949 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| houtingCoregonus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758) | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Coregonus lavaretus exiguus Pravdin, 1949 Pravdin, 1949 | synonym |
| Coregonus lavaretus multispinatus Pravdin, 1948 Pravdin, 1948 | synonym |
| Coregonus aspius Smitt, 1883 Smitt, 1883 | synonym |
| Coregonus lavaretus pallasii Valenciennes, 1848 Valenciennes, 1848 | synonym |
| Coregonus nasutus Pravdin, 1948 Pravdin, 1948 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Cuvier, G., & Valenciennes, A. (1848). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt et unième. Suite du livre vingt et unième et des Clupéoïdes. Livre vingt-deuxième. De la famille des Salmonoïdes. Tome Vingt et Unième. Suite Du Livre Vingt et Unième et Des Clupéoïdes. Livre Vingt-Deuxième. De La Famille Des Salmonoïdes., v. 21: i–xiv + 1 p. + 1–536, Pls. 607–633. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210850_021 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:YDB4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.