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Salmonidae
cisco
Coregonus artedi
Fifty Seven Centimeters Trout from the Atlantic Ocean
- White
- Temperate
- Upper river
- Circumpolar Arctic
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Polar regions
- Elongated
- Large
- Temperate fish
White
Temperate
Regional distribution
Elongated
LargeCoregonus artedi, commonly known as the cisco, is a North American species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. The number of species and definition of species limits in North American ciscoes is a matter of debate. Accordingly, Coregonus artedi may refer either in a narrow sense to one of the several types of cisco found e.g.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Salmons and Trout
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Genus
- Coregonus
- Maximum length
- 57 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- North America: Atlantic and Arctic basins from Quebec to Northwest Territories, Canada and south to St. Lawrence, Great Lakes, and upper Mississippi River basins in northern Ohio, Illinois, and Minnesota, USA. Introduced elsewhere. Considered conspecific with Coregonus autumnalis and Coregonus autumnalis pollan based on electrophoresis studies (Ref. 7506 ). Belongs to Coregonus artedi complex.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
