| Coregonus megalops | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Coregonus |
| Species: | C. megalops |
| Binomial name | |
| Coregonus megalops Widegren, 1863 | |
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Coregonus megalops is a putative species ofwhitefish, part of theCoregonus lavaretus complex (European whitefish).[1][2] Its distribution is in Sweden, Finland, and Russia.[1]
InSweden, the nameC. megalops has referred to a form of whitefish known as theblåsik ("blue whitefish"). That is however no more considered a distinct species but a morphotype ofCoregonus maraena ("Coregonus maraena morphotype megalops"), and not different from "Coregonus maraena morphotype nilssoni".[3]
