| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | SALMONIFORMES | SALMONIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Coregonus fera | |||
| Species Authority: | Jurine, 1825 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct ver 3.1 |
| Year Assessed: | 2008 |
| Assessor/s: | Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. |
| Reviewer/s: | Bogutskaya, N., & Smith, K. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit) |
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Justification: It was last recorded in Lake Geneva in 1920. Although the name féra is still used for the only coregonid present in Lake Geneva, this is not the original species but the introduced C. palaea. |
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| Range Description: | Lake Geneva (Switzerland, France). |
| Countries: |
Regionally extinct:
France; Switzerland
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| Range Map: |
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| Population: | It was last recorded in Lake Geneva in 1920. Although the name féra is still used for the only coregonid present in Lake Geneva, this is not the original species but the introduced C. palaea. |
| Habitat and Ecology: |
Habitat: Lacustrine, in moderate depth. Biology: In summer, feeds on insects. Moves to deeper water in winter. Spawns in February in deep water over aquatic vegetation. |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | The reasons for the extinction are thought to be eutrophication and overfishing in the early 1900s. |
| Conservation Actions: | None. |
| Citation: | Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Coregonus fera. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012. |
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