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The houting Coregonus oxyrinchus (L.)(Salmoniformes: Coregonidae), a globally extinct species from the North Sea basin
Author(s) -
Freyhof J.,
Schöter C.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00771.x
Subject(s) - coregonus , biology , fishery , structural basin , teleostei , ecology , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , paleontology
Coregonus oxyrinchus is redescribed and a neotype is designated (BMNH 1862.11.20.1.). It was restricted to south England and the lower parts of the Rivers Rhine, Meuse and Schelde. It is now globally extinct; the last individual was caught in 1940. Coregonus oxyrinchus is distinguished from other coregonids by having 38–46 gill rakers and a long, pointed snout.