Coregonus johannae

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII SALMONIFORMES SALMONIDAE

Scientific Name: Coregonus johannae
Species Authority: (Wagner, 1910)
Common Name/s:
English Deepwater Cisco

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct     ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s World Conservation Monitoring Centre
History:
1994 Extinct (IUCN)
1990 Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1988 Extinct
1986 Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species formerly occurred in Lakes Huron and Michigan in the Great Lakes basin.
Countries:
Regionally extinct:
Canada; United States

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Coregonus johannae was a demersal, freshwater species inhabiting the deeper portions of the lakes.
Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Commercial exploitation and predation by the Sea Lamprey were the main causes of the extinction of the Deepwater Cisco.
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Coregonus johannae. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2010.
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