Coregonus fera

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 fera

Species Authority:

Jurine, 1825

Common Name/s:

English

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Féra

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: 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.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Lake Geneva (Switzerland, France).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: France; Switzerland
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Population [top]

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.

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 [top]

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

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The reasons for the extinction are thought to be eutrophication and overfishing in the early 1900s.

Major Threat(s):

The reasons for the extinction are thought to be eutrophication and overfishing in the early 1900s.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None.

Conservation Actions:

None.

Bibliography [top]

	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). Jurine, L. 1825-26. Histoire abrégée des poissons du lac Léman. Kottelat, M. and Freyhof, J. 2007. Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland.

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).

Jurine, L. 1825-26. Histoire abrégée des poissons du lac Léman.

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

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 23 May 2012.
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