Editing Coregonus (section)

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Lake whitefish1.jpg
| image_caption = Lake whitefish, ''Coregonus clupeaformis''
| taxon = Coregonus
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| type_species = ''[[Coregonus lavaretus]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = Nearly 70 extant members
}}

'''''Coregonus''''' is a diverse [[genus]] of [[fish]] in the salmon [[family (biology)|family]] ([[Salmonidae]]).  The ''Coregonus'' species are known as '''whitefishes'''.  The genus contains at least 68 described [[Extant taxon|extant]] taxa, but the true number of species is a matter of debate. The [[type species]] of the genus is ''[[Coregonus lavaretus]]''.

Most ''Coregonus'' species inhabit lakes and rivers, and several species, including the [[Arctic cisco]] (''C.&nbsp;autumnalis''), the [[Bering cisco]] (''C.&nbsp;laurettae''), and the [[least cisco]] (''C.&nbsp;sardinella'') are [[anadromous]], moving between [[Seawater|salt water]] and [[fresh water]].

Many whitefish species or [[ecotype]]s, especially from the [[Great Lakes]] and the Alpine lakes of [[Europe]], have gone [[extinct]] over the past century or are [[endangered species|endangered]]. Among 12 freshwater fish considered extinct in Europe, 6 are ''Coregonus''.<ref>{{cite book | veditors = Closs GP, Krkosek M, Olden JD | date = 2016 | title = Conservation of Freshwater Fishes | page = 8 | publisher = Cambridge University Press | isbn = 978-1-107-04011-3 }}</ref> All ''Coregonus'' species are protected under appendix III of the [[Bern Convention (conservation)|Bern Convention]],<ref name="Bern">Council of Europe, 1979. Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Heritage. Bern, Switzerland. Available at: http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/Html/104.htm</ref> and Annex IV of the EC Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31992L0043:EN:HTML |title=Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 |publisher=Eur-lex.europa.eu |access-date=2010-03-15}}</ref>