Coregonus fontanae is highly dwarfed, and is believed to be the world's smallest type of cisco.
The Coregonus fontanae lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater, depth range - 3 m environment.
* Coregonus fontanae, Stechlin cisco * Coregonus gutturosus, kilch (extinct) * Coregonus heglingus * Coregonus hiemalis, Lake Geneva whitefish (extinct) * Coregonus hoferi * More
The silvery pink fish, dubbed Coregonus fontanae, was found to be distinct from a much larger cisco species from the same lake. Two new species of troutlike charr were discovered in alpine lakes in Germany and Switzerland. More