Amur whitefish (Coregonus ussuriensis)

Scientific name: Coregonus ussuriensis Berg, 1906

Amur whitefish (Coregonus ussuriensis)

The Amur whitefish (Coregonus ussuriensis) is a freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae. Native range: Former USSR, Lower and middle part of the Amur, Zeya, Ussuri, Lake Khanka, Amur Liman, southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk. Asia: China.

Biology

Body color grayish green on back; sides and belly silvery white; dorsal, adipose and caudal fins slightly tinted with pale yellow and pectoral, pelvic and caudal fins grayish yellow. Upper jaw large and broad; eyes without sebaceous eyelid.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Coregonus ussuriensis
Family
Salmonidae (Salmonids)
Order
Salmoniformes (Salmons)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
60.0
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; anadromous
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Former USSR: Lower and middle part of the Amur, Zeya, Ussuri, Lake Khanka, Amur Liman, southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk. Asia: China.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=10; K=0.28; Fec=33,300)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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