Coregonus gutturosus (Gmelin, 1818)

Bodensee kilch, Kilch, Lake Constance whitefish

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Salmo gutturosus Gmelin, 1818 (original combination)

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1970's?

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

Distribution

Lake Constance (Austria, Germany and Switzerland)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

"the only existing specimens of a now-extinct whitefish species, C. gutturosus Gmelin 1818, can only be found in the collection of Paul Steinmann...

= 10, 169–292 mm SL." (Selz et al., 2020:126,143)

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Gmelin, Karl (Carl) Christian. (1818). Gemeinnützige systematische Naturgeschichte der Fische für gebildete Leser : nach dem Linneischen Natursystem / entworfen von Carl Christian Gmelin. - Mannheim : Nehdeck, 1818. - X, 383 S., 113 Taf. : zahlr. Ill.; (dt.)

Other references:

Fatio, V. 1890. Faune des vertébrés de la Suisse. V. Histoire naturelle des poissons. II. Physostomes (suite et fin), anacanthiens, chondrostéens, cyclostomes. Georg, Genève & Bâle.

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Frei, David et al. (2023). Introgression from extinct species facilitates adaptation to its vacated niche. Molecular Ecology 32(4): 841-853. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16791

Freyhof, J. and Kottelat, M. (2008a). Coregonus gutturosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 08 July 2011.

Freyhof, J. and Kottelat, M. (2008b). Coregonus gutturosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T135506A4134620. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135506A4134620.en. Accessed on 20 June 2022.

Karbe, L. (1964). Die chromosomen verhaltnisse bei den Coregonen des bodensees und einiger weiterer voralpiner seen, ein beitrag zum problem der speziation in der gattung Corregonus Z. Zool. Syst. Evol. 2:18-40.

Kottelat, M. (1997). European freshwater fishes. Biologia 52, Suppl. 5:1-271.

Kottelat, M. and Freyhof, J. (2007). Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland.

Ruhlé, C. and Kindle, T. (1992). Morphological comparison of river-spawning whitefish of the alpine Rhine with the whitefish of lake Constance.

Selz, Oliver M., Dönz, C. J., Vonlanthen, P. and Seehausen, O. (2020). A taxonomic revision of the whitefish of lakes Brienz and Thun, Switzerland, with descriptions of four new species (Teleostei, Coregonidae). ZooKeys 989: 79-162. doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.989.32822 [pp. 124-125]

Selz, Oliver M. and Seehausen, Ole. (2023). A taxonomic revision of ten whitefish species from the lakes Lucerne, Sarnen, Sempach and Zug, Switzerland, with descriptions of seven new species (Teleostei, Coregonidae). Zookeys 1144: 95-169. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1144.67747

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