A fish belonging to the family Coregonidae, which includes whitefish and cisco; any member of this salmon-family group.
From 'Coregonus' (the genus name, from Greek 'kore' pupil/eye + 'gonos' generation/offspring) + '-id' (member suffix). Coregonus means 'pupil-bearing' referring to a feature of these fish.
Fish in the coregonid family were named by 18th-century naturalists who were captivated by their eye-like appearance—the name literally means 'eye-bearing,' and these fish were so important to European diets that they got multiple scientific names across different regions.
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