Maraene

Description

Coregonus maraena,referred to in English as the maraene,maraena whitfish or the whitefish,is a whitefish of the family Salmonidae that occurs in the Baltic Sea basin - in the sea itself and the inflowing rivers,and in several lakes as landlocked populations.It is found in Denmark,Estonia,Finland,Germany,Latvia,Lithuania,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Slovakia (Štrbské pleso),Russia and SwedenAs of 2013,it has been listed as a vulnerable species by the IUCN and as endangered by HELCOM.In the Baltic basin countries,this species has traditionally been known as Coregonus lavaretus (the common whitefish).The name Coregonus maraena has been adopted following the suggestion that the name Coregonus lavaretus should only be applied narrowly to some whitefish populations in France and Switzerland,as advocated by Kottelat and Freyhof,and repeated by the IUCN and FishBase