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  2. Fishing industry in Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Fish were commercially important at least around Lake Geneva by the middle of the 12th century. A declaration of tribute made to the Priory of St. Jean de Genéve in 1150 includes wine, cheese, and several large fish. The species named include trout, pike and omble chevalier, known in English as the Arctic char. It is the earliest mention of ...

  3. Coregonus candidus - Wikipedia

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    Coregonus candidus, locally known as shiny whitefish, [2] is a freshwater species of fish of the genus coregonus, which is also known as whitefish, found in the Lake Neuchâtel and Bienne of Switzerland. The fish is classified as vulnerable according to the IUCN standard due to overfishing and improper management of the water body. [3] [4]

  4. Coregonus zugensis - Wikipedia

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    Coregonus zugensis, also known as the Swiss whitefish, is a freshwater species of fish of the subfamily Coregoninae which is found in Europe lakes of Lucerne and Zug. [2] However, in a recent study, it was found that the species had been extirpated from Lake Zug.

  5. Coregonus albellus - Wikipedia

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    Coregonus albellus, also called the autumn brienzlig, is a species of whitefish belonging to the family Salmonidae. It is endemic to Lakes Thun and Brienz in Switzerland's Interlaken region, where it is pelagic in deep water. The maximum length recorded for this species is 26.0 centimetres (10.2 in).

  6. Coregonus alpinus - Wikipedia

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    Coregonus alpinus is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is endemic to Lake Thun, in Switzerland's Interlaken region, where it is found in deep water. The maximum length recorded for this species is 25 centimetres (9.8 in). It feeds on chironomids and other bottom-dwelling invertebrates.

  7. Lake Geneva - Wikipedia

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    Lake Geneva is the largest body of water in Switzerland, and greatly exceeds in size all others that are connected with the main valleys of the Alps. It is in the shape of a crescent, with the horns pointing south, the northern shore being 95 km (59 mi) and the southern shore 72 km (45 mi) in length.

  8. Prehistoric dolphin species discovered in landlocked Switzerland

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    Twenty million years ago, Switzerland's low-lying parts were covered in an ocean teeming with fish, sharks and dolphins. Prehistoric dolphin species discovered in landlocked Switzerland Skip to ...

  9. Coregonus fera - Wikipedia

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    Species: †C. fera. Binomial name ... Coregonus fera, commonly called the true fera, is a presumed extinct freshwater fish from Lake Geneva in Switzerland and France.