Il coregone bianco, Coregonus albula 

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomi comuni esteri - Spagnolo - Coregono blanco. Portoghese - Coregono branco, Coregono-bicudo. Francese - Corégone blanc, Petite marène. Greco - Korégonos. Inglese - Vendace, European cisco, White fish. Gallese - Fendas. Tedesco - Kleine Maräne, Felchen, Marene, Marenke, Marenken, Marinchen, Maräne, Albuli, Renke, Schnäpel, Zolfisch, Zwergmaräne. Olandese - Kleine marene. Danese - Heltling. Svedese - Siklöja. Norvegese - Lagesild. Finnico - Muikku. Polacco - Sielawa. Repubblica Ceca - Maréna malá, Síh malý. Repubblica Slovacca - Sih malý. Rumeno - Coregon-mic, Păstrăv argintiu. Russo - Evropeiskaja riapushka, Evropeiskaya ryapushka

Salmo albula Linnaeus 1758. Systema Nat. ed. 10 310. Status: nomenclatura originaria, non valida. Opinioni: nomenclatura valida come "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Berg 1948:317, Svetovidov 1973:150, Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1984:374, Lelek 1987:75, Chereshnev 1996:602, Kottelat 1997:116, Anwand et al. 1997:3, Reshetnikov et al. 1997:731, Reshetnikov 1998:41, Fricke 1999:27], Fuller et al. 1999:240, Bogutskaya et al. 2001:45, Sideleva 2001:47, Schulz & Freyhof 2003:209, Sideleva 2003:13, Hanel 2003:59, Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:133, Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:165. Neotipo designato da Fricke 1999:27, ma ritirato in Fricke 2000:639. Località tipo: Europa. Tipo: non è noto nessun esemplare tipo.

Coregonus albula (Linnaeus, 1758). Systema Nat. ed. 10 310. Status: nuova nomenclatura, valida.

Salmo vimba Linnaeus 1758. Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 311. Status: sinonimo junior, nomenclatura non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Berg 1948:318, Kottelat 1997:116. località tipo: lago Väner, Svezia. Tipo: non è noto nessun esemplare tipo.

Cyprinus muraenula Wulff 1765. Ichthyologia, cum amphibiis regni Borsussici. Methodo Linnaeana disposita. Regiomonti. Ichthyol. Borsussici i-xii + 1-60; 48. Status: nomenclatura soggetta a discussione, non valida. Opinioni: discutibile come sinonimo di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Kottelat 1997:116. località tipo: laghi di Polonia e Prussia. Tipo: non è noto nessun esemplare tipo.

Salmo maraenula Bloch 1779. Naturgeschichte der Maräne. Beschäft. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin 60-94; v. 4 62. Status: apparentemente è la stessa nomenclatura di  "Salmo maraenula" Bloch 1782.

Salmo maraenula Bloch 1782. M. Marcus Elieser Bloch's ..., ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin, Oekonomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands. Berlin. Fische Deutschlands 1-128; v. 1 176 Pl. 28 (fig. 3).  Status: sinonimo junior, nomenclatura non valida. Apparentemente comparsa prima, ma senza descrizione, in Bloch 1779:62. A p. 141 dell'ittiologia di Bloch, v. 1. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Berg 1948:317, Kottelat 1997:116. Catalogo: Paepke 1999:12. Località tipo: Germania e Polonia (diverse località). Tipo: nessuno. Sintipi: ?BMNH 1865.6.12.1-3 [ex ZMB]; ZMB 3753 (2), 3754 (1).

Coregonus albula finnica Günther 1866. Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. Cat. Fishes i-xv + 1-368; v. 6 193. Status: sinonimo junior, nomenclatura non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Berg 1948:317, Svetovidov 1973:150, Kottelat 1997:116. Località tipo: golfo di Finlandia. Tipo: nessuno. Sintipi: BMNH 1847.3.11.10-11 (2).

Coregonus albula norvegica Günther 1866. Cat. Fishes v. 6 193. Status: sinonimo junior, nomenclatura non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Kottelat 1997:116. Località tipo: Norvegia. Tipo: nessuno. Sintipi: (attualmente 4) BMNH non catalogati.

Coregonus brevis Mäklin 1869. En för Finland ny form af siklöja. Oefvers. Finsk Vidensk. Soc. Förh. 19-23; v. 11 20. Status: sinonimo junior, nomenclatura non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Berg 1948:318, Kottelat 1997:116. Località tipo: Ekenäs villaggio di Nyland, sulla costa di Pojo-viken, golfo di Finlandia. Tipo: nessuno. Sintipi: (2) collocazione attuale ignota.

Coregonus albula perejaslawica Polyakov 1874. [On whitefishes.] In: Minutes of the meeting of the Zoological Division of Noveember 27, 1873. Trudy St. Petersburg. Obsh. Estestv. XXIX-XXXI; v. 5 xxxi. Status: nomenclatura soggetta a discussione, non valida. Nomen Nudum. Opinioni: discutibile se in sinonimia di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), secondo Kottelat 1997:116.

Coregonus sardinella marisalbi Berg 1916. Les Poissons des eaux douces de la Russie. Moscow. Poiss. Eaux Douces Russie i-xxvii + 1-563; 83. Status: nomenclatura soggetta a discussione, non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Coregonus sardinella" Valenciennes 1848, ma valida sottospecie come da descrizione, secondo Berg 1948:332, Svetovidov 1973:150, Chereshnev 1996:603; sinonimo di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Reshetnikov et al. 1997:731, Reshetnikov 1998:41, Sideleva 2001:47, Sideleva 2003:13. In origine come "maris-albi". Località tipo: fiume Petschora, fiume Indiga; isole Solovetzkie, (Mar Bianco). Tipo: nessuno. Sintipi: ZIN 9722 (1), 9736 (6+), 9737 (3), 10784 (1).

Coregonus albula olonensis Borisov 1924. Pereslavl Lake Cisco. Trudy Nauch Inst. Ryb. Khoz. 51-127; v. 1 66. Status: nomenclatura soggetta a discussione, non valida. Nomenclatura infrasubspecifica, non disponibile. Opinioni: in sinonimia di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Berg 1948:318, Kottelat 1997:116 con riserva. Provenienza del materiale esaminato: laghi Segozera e Vygozera, nord ovest della Russia.

Coregonus albula pereslawicus Borisov 1924. Trudy Nauch Inst. Ryb. Khoz. v. 1 64. Status: nomenclatura soggetta a discussione, non valida. Nomenclatura infrasubspecifica, non disponibile. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), ma valida sottospecie come "perejaslavicus", secondo Berg 1948:326; discutibile se in sinonimia di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Kottelat 1997:116. Provenienza del materiale esaminato: lago Pereslavskoe, Russia. Sottospecie convalidata successivamente da Berg, ma con differente nomenclatura.

Coregonus albula pereslavicus Berg 1932. Les poissons des eaux douces de l'U.R.S.S. et des pays limitrophes. 3-e édition, revue et augmentée. Leningrad. Poiss. Eaux Douces URSS 1-554; Part 1 204. Status: nomenclatura soggetta a discussione, non valida.  Opinioni: discutibile come sinonimo di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Kottelat 1997:116. considerata come sottospecie; fondata su fonti che precedentemente erano state considerate infrasubspecifiche e non disponibili, come riporta Kottelat 1997. Provenienza del materiale esaminato: lago Pereslavskoe, Russia. Tipo: non è noto nessun esemplare tipo.

Coregonus sardinella vessicus Drjagin in Berg 1932. Poiss. Eaux Douces URSS Part 1 208 Fig. 160. Status: nomenclatura soggetta a discussione, non valida.  Opinioni: sinonimo di "Coregonus sardinella" Valenciennes 1848, ma valida sottospecie come da descrizione, per Berg 1948:333; sinonimo di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), secondo Kottelat 1997:116 con riserve, Reshetnikov et al. 1997:731, Reshetnikov 1998:41, Sideleva 2001:47, Sideleva 2003:13. compare anche in Drjagin 1933. Località tipo: lago Beloye [Belozero], Carelia, Russia. Tipo: nessuno. Sintipi: (50) collocazione attuale ignota.

Coregonus albula ladogae Pravdin, Golubev & Belyaeva 1938. Systematische Stellung der grossen Form der kleinen Maräne "Coregonus albula" Linné infraspecies "ladogae" nova. Uch. Zap. Leningrad. Univ. 216-232; v. 3, No. 15 (for 1937) 216 et seq. Fig. Status: nomenclatura soggetta a discussione, non valida.  Opinioni: sinonimo di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Berg 1948:323; discutibile se in sinonimia di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Kottelat 1997:116; sinonimo di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), pma valida sottospecie secondo Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:134; nomenclatura valida come "Coregonus ladogae" Pravdin, Golubev & Belyaeva 1938, per Kottelat et al. 2005:184. Precedentemente considerata nomenclatura infrasubspecifica e non disponibile nel Catalogo dei pesci; provenienza: zona sud del lago Ladoga, Russia. Considerata come precedentemente occupata in "Coregonus", sostituita da "ladogensis" Berg 1948:323. In ogni caso Kottelat et al. 2005:184-185, consultando due differenti testi (russo e tedesco); hanno considerato "ladogae" di Pravdin et al. come subspecifico e non infrasubspecifico e quindi disponibile.

Coregonus albula vodlosericus Lukash 1939. Rybnoe khozyaistvo Kareii, vol. 5 Ryb. Khozyastvo Kareii e. g. 130. Status: nomenclatura soggetta a discussione, non valida.  Opinioni: sinonimo di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), ma valida sottospecie, secondo Berg 1948:326; discutibile come sinonimo di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Kottelat 1997:116. Località tipo: lago Vodlozero, Carelia, Russia. Tipo: non è noto nessun esemplare tipo.

Coregonus albula topozeri Novikov 1947. Characteristics of the fish resources of Lake Keret' in the White Sea basin. Byul. Rybnogo Khozyaistva Karelo-Finskoi SSR 239-248; No. 1 60? Status: nomenclatura soggetta a discussione, non valida. Nomenclatura giudicata infrasubspecifica e non disponibile. Opinioni: in sinonimia di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), secondo Berg 1948:318; discutibile se in sinonimia di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), secondo Kottelat 1997:116. provenienza del materiale esaminato: lago Topozero, Russia.

Coregonus albula ladogensis Berg 1948. Fresh-water fishes of Soviet Union and adjacent countries. I. Freshw. Fish. USSR, Guide Fauna USSR 1-466; No. 27 324. Status: nomenclatura soggetta a discussione, non valida. Nomenclatura giudicata infrasubspecifica e non disponibile. Opinioni: in sinonimia di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), secondo Berg 1948:318; discutibile se in sinonimia di "Coregonus albula" (Linnaeus 1758), per Kottelat 1997:116. Sostituzione di nomenclatura per "Coregonus albula" infrasp. "ladogae" Pravdin, sebbene sia già occupato.

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