Translingual

Proper noun

Coregonus lavaretus m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Salmonidae – the common whitefish or European whitefish.

Usage notes

• Some authorities advocate restricting the use of this species name to the whitefish of Lake Bourget and Lake Aiguebelette in France and the now extinct population in Lake Geneva.

Hypernyms

• (species): Salmonidae - family; Coregoninae - subfamily; Coregonus - genus

Hyponyms

• (species): Coregonus lavaretus baeri, Coregonus lavaretus baicalensis, Coregonus lavaretus lavaretus - subspecies