Humpback whitefish (Coregonus pidschian)

General data

Main name: Humpback whitefish
Local names: Bottom whitefish, Arctic whitefish, Pidschian
Climates: Subtropical
Habitat: Anadromous
Native: Europe, Asia, North America
Distribution: Arctic ocean, Yenisey, Mackenzie, Yana, Lena, Indigirka, View all... Kolyma , River Ob, Pechora, Kuskokwim River

Classification

Genus: Coregonus - Whitefishes
Family: Salmonidae - Salmons and Trouts
Order: Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

The humpback whitefish (Coregonus pidschian), also referred to as the bottom whitefish, the Arctic whitefish or the pidschian, is a species of freshwater whitefish with a northern distribution. It is one of the members in the broader common whitefish complex, or the Coregonus clupeaformis complex. This fish lives in estuaries and brackish water near river mouths, in deltas and in slowly running rivers, in large lakes with tributaries, and floodplain lakes. It can migrate long distances upriver for spawning. The distribution of Coregonus pidschian is in the Arctic basin, ranging from Northern Norway and Finland across the Russian coast to Alaska and up to the Mackenzie River drainage in North-West Canada. It is also found in the Okhotsk Sea basin.

Taxonomy of Fishes

Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->
- Coelacanthi - Lobe-finned fishes->
- Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes->
  - Perciformes - Perches->
  - Cypriniformes - Carps->
  - Esociformes - Pikes->
  - Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
    
    Salmonidae - Salmons and Trouts->
    
    Salmo - Atlantic Salmons and Trouts->
    
    Hucho - Huchens->
    
    Salvelinus - Chars->
    
    Oncorhynchus - Pacific Salmons and Trouts->
    
    Thymallus - Graylings->
    
    Coregonus - Whitefishes->
    
    Common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus)
    
    Vendace (Coregonus albula)
    
    Baikal omul (Coregonus migratorius)
    
    Bodensee whitefish (Coregonus wartmanni)
    
    Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)
    
    Alpine whitefish (Coregonus alpinus)
    
    Northern whitefish (Coregonus peled)
    
    Irish pollan (Coregonus pollan)
    
    Humpback whitefish (Coregonus pidschian)
    
    Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis)
    
    Broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus)
    
    Sardine cisco (Coregonus sardinella)
    
    Maraena Whitefish (Coregonus maraena)
    
    Coregonus albellus (Coregonus albellus)
    
    Longjaw cisco (Coregonus alpenae)
    
    Coregonus anaulorum (Coregonus anaulorum)
    
    Coregonus arenicolus (Coregonus arenicolus)
    
    Cisco (Coregonus artedi)
    
    Coregonus atterensis (Coregonus atterensis)
    
    Coregonus austriacus (Coregonus austriacus)
    
    Coregonus baerii (Coregonus baerii)
    
    Coregonus baicalensis (Coregonus baicalensis)
    
    Coregonus baunti (Coregonus baunti)
    
    Coregonus bavaricus (Coregonus bavaricus)
    
    Coregonus bezola (Coregonus bezola)
    
    Coregonus candidus (Coregonus candidus)
    
    Khadary-whitefish (Coregonus chadary)
    
    Powan (Coregonus clupeoides)
    
    Coregonus confusus (Coregonus confusus)
    
    Coregonus danneri (Coregonus danneri)
    
    Coregonus duplex (Coregonus duplex)
    
    Coregonus fatioi (Coregonus fatioi)
    
    Coregonus fera (Coregonus fera)
    
    Coregonus fontanae (Coregonus fontanae)
    
    Coregonus gutturosus (Coregonus gutturosus)
    
    Coregonus heglingus (Coregonus heglingus)
    
    Coregonus hiemalis (Coregonus hiemalis)
    
    Coregonus hoferi (Coregonus hoferi)
    
    Coregonus holsatus (Coregonus holsatus)
    
    Bloater (Coregonus hoyi)
    
    Atlantic whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani)
    
    Deepwater cisco (Coregonus johannae)
    
    Coregonus kiletz (Coregonus kiletz)
    
    Kiyi (Coregonus kiyi)
    
    Coregonus ladogae (Coregonus ladogae)
    
    Bering cisco (Coregonus laurettae)
    
    Coregonus lucinensis (Coregonus lucinensis)
    
    Coregonus lutokka (Coregonus lutokka)
    
    Gangfisch (Coregonus macrophthalmus)
    
    Peipsi whitefish (Coregonus maraenoides)
    
    Coregonus maxillaris (Coregonus maxillaris)
    
    Lacustrine fluvial whitefish (Coregonus megalops)
    
    Muksun (Coregonus muksun)
    
    Alaska whitefish (Coregonus nelsonii)
    
    Blackfin cisco (Coregonus nigripinnis)
    
    Coregonus nilssoni (Coregonus nilssoni)
    
    Coregonus nipigon (Coregonus nipigon)
    
    Coregonus nobilis (Coregonus nobilis)
    
    Houting (Coregonus oxyrinchus)
    
    Coregonus palaea (Coregonus palaea)
    
    Coregonus pallasii (Coregonus pallasii)
    
    Gwyniad (Coregonus pennantii)
    
    Coregonus pravdinellus (Coregonus pravdinellus)
    
    Shortnose cisco (Coregonus reighardi)
    
    Coregonus renke (Coregonus renke)
    
    Coregonus restrictus (Coregonus restrictus)
    
    Schelly (Coregonus stigmaticus)
    
    Coregonus subautumnalis (Coregonus subautumnalis)
    
    Coregonus suidteri (Coregonus suidteri)
    
    Coregonus trybomi (Coregonus trybomi)
    
    Tugun (Coregonus tugun)
    
    Amur whitefish (Coregonus ussuriensis)
    
    Coregonus vandesius (Coregonus vandesius)
    
    Coregonus vessicus (Coregonus vessicus)
    
    Valaam whitefish (Coregonus widegreni)
    
    Shortjaw cisco (Coregonus zenithicus)
    
    Coregonus zuerichensis (Coregonus zuerichensis)
    
    Coregonus zugensis (Coregonus zugensis)
    
    Prosopium - North American whitefishes->
    
    Parahucho - Sakhalin taimen->
    
    Brachymystax - Lenoks->
    
    Stenodus - Nelma whitefish->
    
    Salvethymus - Salvethymus->
  - Siluriformes - Catfishes->
  - Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->
  - Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
  - Gadiformes - Cods->
  - Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->
  - Clupeiformes - Herrings->
  - Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
  - Gobiiformes - Gobies->
  - Mugiliformes - Mullets->
  - Carangiformes - Jacks->
  - Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
  - Labriformes - Wrasses->
  - Scombriformes - Mackerels->
  - Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
  - Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->
  - Aulopiformes - Grinners->
  - Blenniiformes - Blennies->
  - Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
  - Osmeriformes - Smelts->
  - Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
  - Cichliformes - Cichlids->
  - Characiformes - Characins->
  - Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
  - Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
  - Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->
  - Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
  - Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
  - Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
  - Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
  - Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
  - Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
  - Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
  - Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
  - Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
  - Zeiformes - Dories->
  - Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
  - Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
  - Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
  - Lampriformes - Lamprids->
  - Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
  - Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
  - Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
  - Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
  - Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
  - Atheriniformes - Silversides->
  - Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
  - Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
  - Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
  - Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
  - Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
  - Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
  - Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
  - Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->
  - Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
  - Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
  - Beryciformes - Sawbellies->
  - Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
  - Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
  - Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
  - Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
  - Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
  - Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->
- Cladistii - Bichirs->
- Dipneusti - Lungfishes->
- Chondrostei - Sturgeons->
- Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
Agnatha - Jawless fishes->