Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Riedling (Coregonus danneri), recorded as Critically Endangered
Riedling (Coregonus danneri). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Riedling

Coregonus danneri

Riedling is a whitefish in the family Salmonidae (order Salmoniformes) — Coregonus danneri, recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to Austria.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Coregonus danneri
Recorded from
Austria
Taxonomy
Salmoniformes · Salmonidae · Coregonus

The whitefish

Salmonids include salmon, trout, and whitefishes: cold-water fishes with an adipose fin and a strong tie to clean lakes or rivers.

Salmon, trout, and whitefishes of cold, well-oxygenated water.

Range and habitat

Riedling is recorded from Austria.

GBIF currently lists 1 occurrence point. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Salmonids need cold, oxygenated water and a clean gravel or open-lake feeding ground. Endemic whitefishes collapse when the lake is eutrophied or fished out.

In crisis

Riedling is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from Wikidata item Q917804 and GBIF occurrence geography. No dedicated encyclopedia article was available at build time. Family and order context is original writing about the group — not a claim that a monograph exists for this name. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Atlantic whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Atlantic whitefish

Coregonus huntsmani
Photograph of Shortnose cisco (Coregonus reighardi), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Shortnose cisco

Coregonus reighardi
Photograph of Sand Whitefish (Coregonus arenicolus), recorded as EndangeredEN

Sand Whitefish

Coregonus arenicolus
Photograph of Coregonus macrophthalmus (Coregonus macrophthalmus), recorded as EndangeredEN

Coregonus macrophthalmus

Coregonus macrophthalmus

Quick answers

What is Riedling?
Riedling is a whitefish in the family Salmonidae (order Salmoniformes) — Coregonus danneri.
What is the conservation status of Riedling?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Coregonus danneri. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Riedling live?
The public record places it in Austria.
Why is Riedling in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Coregonus danneri?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Riedling a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.