Coregonus bezola

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	SALMONIFORMES	SALMONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Coregonus bezola

Species Authority:

Fatio, 1888

Common Name/s:

English

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Bezoule

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Extinct ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M.
Reviewer/s:	Bogutskaya, N., & Smith, K. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit)
Justification: Known only from Lake Bourget in France where it disappeared apparently in the 1960s (based on interviews with local fisherman) due to unknown reasons. The last unambiguous identifiable documented specimen was caught in the late 1800s.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	France: Lake Bourget.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: France
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Population [top]

Population:	Dissapeared apparently in the 1960s.

Population:

Dissapeared apparently in the 1960s.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Habitat: Lacustrine, in deep waters. Biology: Spawns in January-February, at 70-80 m depth, on mud bottom.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Unknown.

Major Threat(s):

Unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No information.

Conservation Actions:

No information.

Bibliography [top]

	Fatio, V. 1888. Sur un nouveau corégone français (Coregonus Bezola) du lac du Bourget. 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. IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008). Kottelat, M. 1997. European freshwater fishes. An heuristic checklist of the freshwater fishes of Europe (exclusive of former USSR), with an introduction for non-sys tematists and comments on nomenclature and conservation. Kottelat, M. and Freyhof, J. 2007. Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland.

Fatio, V. 1888. Sur un nouveau corégone français (Coregonus Bezola) du lac du Bourget.

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.

IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).

Kottelat, M. 1997. European freshwater fishes. An heuristic checklist of the freshwater fishes of Europe (exclusive of former USSR), with an introduction for non-sys tematists and comments on nomenclature and conservation.

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

Citation:	Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Coregonus bezola. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2012.
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