Bering cisco
| Bering cisco | |
|---|---|
| Illustration from The Natural History of Useful Aquatic Animals | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Coregonus |
| Species: | C. laurettae |
| Binomial name | |
| Coregonus laurettae T. H. Bean, 1881 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Argyrosomus alascanus Scofield, 1898 | |
The Bering cisco or Lauretta whitefish (Coregonus laurettae) is a freshwater whitefish found in Alaska and part of Russia. It is often considered to be the same species as the more common Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis).