Cisco (fish) - Phylogeny

Phylogeny

Based on molecular data from mitochondrial DNA, the ciscoes comprise two distinct, unrelated groups:

• The Coregonus artedi complex along with C. laurettae and C. autumnalis lineages
• The Coregonus sardinella complex, including C. peled and C. albula. This group is more closely related to the "true whitefishes" (e.g. the common whitefish C. lavaretus, lake whitefish C. clupeaformis) than to the C. artedi complex ciscoes.