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Kiyi (Coregonus kiyi)
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Kiyi (Coregonus kiyi) specimen
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Salmonidae

Kiyi

Coregonus kiyi

Trout Reaching Thirty Five Centimeters

  • White
  • Temperate
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Restricted distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • North America
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

Kiyi is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Maximum length
35 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
North America: found only in Great Lakes (except Lake Erie), Canada-USA. This species is common in Lake Superior, extremely rare, possibly extirpated, in Lakes Huron and Ontario, and endangered in Lake Michigan.
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

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