Houting
Coregonus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedbony fish
The houting (Coregonus oxyrinchus) is a species in the family Salmonidae, order Salmoniformes.
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Quick facts about the houting
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the houting live?
Not recorded
Is the houting endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the houting classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classTeleostei
- orderSalmoniformes
- familySalmonidae
- genusCoregonus
- SpeciesCoregonus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Coregonus lavaretus oxyrhynchus, Coregonus lavaretus oxyrinchus, Coregonus lavaretus oxyrynchus, Coregonus laveratus subsp. oxyrinchus, Coregonus oxyrhynchus, Salmo oxyrinchus, Salmo rostratus, Salmo thymallus latus, Salmo thymallus var. latus, Tripteronotus hautin
Other names and names in other languages (28)
- síh ostrorypýCzech
- howtinWelsh
- snæbelDanish
- SchnäpelGerman
- corégono picudoSpanish
- cutilFrench
- Hegyesorrú marénaHungarian
- Ikan HoutingIndonesian
- coregone bondellaItalian
- aštriasnukis sykasLithuanian
- houtingDutch
- sieja ostronosaPolish
- Sih ostronosýSlovak
- nosata ozimicaSlovenian
- baltık deniz balığıTurkish
- 尖吻白鮭Chinese
- síh špičatorypýCzech
- HowtinodWelsh
- GangfischGerman
- Kleine SchwebrenkeGerman
- NordseeschnäpelGerman
- Rhein-SchnäpelGerman
- bondelleFrench
- corégoneFrench
- Coregonus oxyrinchusFrench
- outilFrench
- NoordzeehoutingDutch
- Sieja ostropyskaPolish
Relatives of the houting
Other species in the same genus Coregonus.

Lavaret
Coregonus lavaretus

Vendace
Coregonus albula
Peled
Coregonus peled
Omul
Coregonus migratorius
Pollan
Coregonus autumnalis
Muksun
Coregonus muksun
CompareHouting vs LavaretHouting vs VendaceHouting vs PeledHouting vs Omul
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the houting?
The houting (Coregonus oxyrinchus) belongs to the family Salmonidae in the order Salmoniformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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