Relating to or characteristic of the Coregonidae family of fishes; having the features of a coregonid.
From 'Coregonus' + '-ine' (pertaining to suffix). The adjective form allows description of features, behaviors, or characteristics related to this fish family.
The '-ine' suffix appears across biology—'canine' relates to dogs, 'feline' relates to cats, 'bovine' relates to cattle—it's a Latin suffix that's so useful scientists use it constantly to create descriptive adjectives from scientific names.
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