Coregonus hoyi
Bloater
NS
G4
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Salmoniformes
Salmonidae (Trouts and Salmons)
Coregonus
Coregonus hoyi (Bloater)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: fusiform / normal.
Distribution
North America: found only in Great Lakes (except Lake Erie) in Canada-USA and Lake Nipigon in Canada. This species is probably extirpated from Lake Ontario and Lake Nipigon, rare in Lake Michigan, and declining in Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
Habitat Associations
Freshwater. pelagic. depth range 30-190 m. Found in: lakes.
Biology
Occurs in large lakes, generally at depths of 30-190 m (Ref.86798).
Max length: 37.0 cm TL; common length: 25.5 cm TL; max age: 11 years.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2016-07-27. Resilience: Medium (tm=3; k=0.22).
References
Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen (1966) Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p.
Balon, E.K. (1975) Reproductive guilds of fishes: a proposal and definition. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 32(6):821-864.
Crowder, L.B. (1986) Ecological and morphological shifts in Lake Michigan fishes: glimpses of the ghost of competition past. Environ. Biol. Fishes 16(1-3):147-157.
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr (2011) A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p.
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