A taxonomic revision of ten whitefish species from the lakes Lucerne, Sarnen, Sempach and Zug, Switzerland, with descriptions of seven new species (Teleostei, Coregonidae) Author Selz, Oliver M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2210-5909 Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, Centre for Ecology, Evolution & Biogeochemistry (CEEB), Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 6047 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland & Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland & Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Aquatic Restoration and Fisheries Section, 3011 Bern, Switzerland oliver.selz@bafu.admin.ch Author Seehausen, Ole Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, Centre for Ecology, Evolution & Biogeochemistry (CEEB), Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 6047 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland & Aquatic Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland text ZooKeys 2023 2023-02-02 1144 95 169 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1144.67747 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1144.67747 1313-2970-1144-95 36EAB28465F740B3B41DBEA1D2E803DC B6F2937E68D25907B4BD505201896471 Coregonus macrophthalmus Nuesslin , 1882 Historical specimens (years 1895, 1901, 1907, 1921): Syntypes : MHNG 716.052, MHNG-716.051, MHNG-816.02, MHNG-715.094 ( N = 2: MHNG-715.094), NMBE-1076211 ( N = 2: Eawag-227-1, Eawag-227-2), N = 7, 193-235 mm SL. Table 13. Frequency of occurrence of the total number of gill rakers (mode in bold) in the 13 whitefish species from lakes Lucerne ( C. litoralis , C. intermundia , C. suspensus , C. nobilis , C. muelleri ,), Sarnen ( C. sarnensis ), Sempach ( C. suidteri ), Zug ( C. zugensis , C. obliterus , C. supersum ), and Constance ( C. gutturosus , C. arenicolus , C. macrophthalmus , C. wartmanni ).
Species Lake Ntotal Total number of gill rakers
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
C. litoralis contemporary Lucerne 13 - - - - - - - - 1 - 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - -
C. litoralis historical Lucerne 7 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - - 1 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - -
C. intermundia Lucerne 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 1 2 3 - 2 - - - - - -
C. suspensus Lucerne 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 - 1 - - - - - -
C. nobilis contemporary Lucerne 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2 4 8 3 2 - - -
C. nobilis historical Lucerne 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - -
C. muelleri contemporary Lucerne 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 3 1 5 6 5 2 2 - 1
C. muelleri historical Lucerne 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 - 2 - - - -
C. sarnensis Sarnen 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 4 7 7 5 3 - 1 - - -
C. suidteri Sempach 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - -
C. zugensis Zug 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 3 1 3 1 - 1 - - -
C. obliterus Zug 7 - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
C. supersum Zug 5 - - - - - 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
C. gutturosus Constance 9 1 2 2 2 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
C. arenicolus Constance 3 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
C. macrophthalmus Constance 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 1 - - - - -