Fish of the Coregonus (whitefishes) genus of the Coregoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family of the Salmoniformes order of the Protacanthopterygii superorder.
(Blaufelchen. Photo by © coco194. fotolia.com)
Blaufelchen (Coregonus wartmanni) was first described in 1784 by the German naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723 – 1799).
It’s a lake pelagic species. It inhabits the depths of up to 60 meters. The recorded maximum length is 50 cm. It feeds on planktonic organisms, insects and small fishes.
Initially, it’s the endemic of Lake Constance (Austria, Germany, Switzerland). It was released in Lake Como (Lario), Lake Maggiore and other water bodies of northern Italy.
Names of blaufelchen (Coregonus wartmanni) in other languages are as follows:
Trofta bojëqielli (Albanian), Síh Wartmannův (Czech), Bodenseefelchen, Blaufelchen (German), Coregone blaufelchen (Italian), Sieja błękitna (Polish), Западный сиг (Zapadnyj sig) (Russian).