Coregonus oxyrinchus

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 oxyrinchus

Species Authority:

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name/s:

English

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Houting

Taxonomic Notes:

Usually considered to be present in all tributaries of North Sea basin. 'Houtings' from Danish North Sea basin and German rivers from Eider, Elbe west to Ems are C. maraena, a species widespread in Baltic basin.

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:
The species has not been recorded from its range (Southern North Sea basin: Schelde, Rhine and Meuse drainages) since about 1940. The species relied upon estuaries and brackish water to forage, where pollution was at it its most concentrated and coregonids are very sensitive to pollution. Many surveys have been undertaken since (most recently in 2005) within its previous range, and the species has never been recorded.

History:

1996	–	Data Deficient (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994	–	Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Endangered (IUCN 1990)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Southern North Sea basin: Schelde, Rhine and Meuse drainages (exceptionally northern France). Ascended Rhine up to Köln [recorded to have reached Strasbourg (France) but this is probably erroneous]. Occasional records from southeast coast of England.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Belgium; France; Germany; Netherlands; United Kingdom
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Population [top]

Population:	Last recorded in 1940.

Population:

Last recorded in 1940.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Habitat: In brackish water and main rivers; no evidence that it enters marine waters. Biology: Spawns in October-December in rivers. Young move to brackish habitats where they remain until mature. Feeds on zooplankton, supplemented by benthic invertebrates in adults.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Pollution.

Major Threat(s):

Pollution.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None.

Conservation Actions:

None.

Bibliography [top]

	Freyhof, J. and Schöter, S. 2005. The houting Coregonus oyrinchus (L.) (Salmoniformes: Coregonidae), a globally extinct species from the North Sea basin. IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008). Kottelat, M. and Freyhof, J. 2007. Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland. Redeke, H.C. 1934. Ueber den Rheinschnäpel, Coregonus oxyrhynchus L. Thienemann, A. 1937. Die Schlei und ihre Fischereiwirtschaft. Der Schleischnäpel (Coregonus lavaretus balticus).

Freyhof, J. and Schöter, S. 2005. The houting Coregonus oyrinchus (L.) (Salmoniformes: Coregonidae), a globally extinct species from the North Sea basin.

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

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

Redeke, H.C. 1934. Ueber den Rheinschnäpel, Coregonus oxyrhynchus L.

Thienemann, A. 1937. Die Schlei und ihre Fischereiwirtschaft. Der Schleischnäpel (Coregonus lavaretus balticus).

Citation:	Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Coregonus oxyrinchus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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