Coregonus zugensis Nüsslin, 1882
Zug whitefish, Lake Zug whitefish, Zugeralbeli
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Coregonus macrophthalmus zugensis Nüsslin, 1882; Coregonus crassirostris compactus Fatio, 1885
Conservation Status
Extinct (Ford, 2024)
Last record: 1939
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Lake Zug, Switzerland
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Nüsslin, O. (1882). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Coregonus-Arten des Bodensees und einiger anderer nahegelegener nordalpiner Seen. III. Muthmassliche Varietäten des Coregonus macrophathalmus Nüssl. Zoologischer Anzeiger 5: 207-212.
Other references:
Ford, M. (2024). Coregonus zugensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T232858400A137247843. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T232858400A137247843.en. Accessed on 02 June 2025.
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
Vardakas, Leonidas, Perdikaris, Costas, Freyhof, Jörg, Zimmerman, Brian, Ford, Matthew, Vlachopoulos, Konstantinos, Koutsikos, Nicholas, Karaouzas, Ioannis, Chamoglou, Maria and Kalogianni, Eleni. (2025). Global Patterns and Drivers of Freshwater Fish Extinctions: Can We Learn From Our Losses? Global Change Biology 31(5): e70244. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70244 [Table S1]