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Definition of Coregonus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Coregonidae, Family Coregonidae
Member holonyms: Coregonus Clupeaformis, Lake Whitefish, Cisco, Coregonus Artedi, Lake Herring
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coregonus
Literary usage of Coregonus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1891)
"In Coregonus 2 there are two epiphysial outgrowths from the roof of the primary
fore-brain. These may be best seen in a sixty-day embryo (7 mm. in length). ..."
2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"Hence we find that naturalists who look with distrust on the different species
of Salmo, are quite ready to admit those of Coregonus. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1908)
"Laice Erie and Lewistown, Upper Canada (Le Sueur 1818, as Coregonus artedi,
type) ; Lake Huron at Penetanguishene (Richardson 1836, as Salmo (Coregonus) ..."
4. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"2862) the more typical members of the family have the parietal bones of the skull
separated from one another by the supraoccipital, but in Coregonus and ..."
5. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"Coregonus williamsoni cis-montanus. Montana Whitefish. Head 5 ; depth 5 to 51;
pectoral fin 11 in head; ventral 1$; scales 90. Otherwise like the typical ..."
6. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1882)
"Muzzle prominent, but less so than in M. coregonus. Mouth moderate. Back a little
elevated. Depth about 3£ in length. Dorsal rays 12-14, its free border ..."
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