Deepwater cisco

The last specimens of deepwater ciscoes were recorded in Lake Huron in 1952 and Lake Michigan in 1951.

The Deepwater cisco lives in the demersal, freshwater environment.

The deepwater cisco (Coregonus johannae) was one of the largest ciscoes in the Great Lakes. Its average length was 30cm (12 inches) and it was about 1.0 kilogram (2.2 pounds) in weight. More

were as many as eight species of deepwater ciscoes in the Great Lakes, several species are now considered extinct and all of the extant species are extirpated in one or more of the Great Lakes. More

The deepwater cisco has between 27 and 33 gill rakers on the anterior arch. More

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artedii), the deepwater cisco (Coregonus johannae), the blackfin cisco (Coregonus nigripinnis), the shortjaw cisco (Coregonus zenithicus), the shortnose cisco (Coregonus reighardi), the longjaw cisco (Coregonus alpenae), the Nipigon cisco (Coregonus nipigon), the least cisco (Coregonus sardinella), the Bering cisco (Coregonus laurettae), the arctic cisco More

Deepwater ciscos were targeted by the smoked fish trade and were an important part of a large 20th century Great Lakes commercial fishery . More

This fish was the most abundant deepwater cisco in Lake Superior in the early substantial but presently makes up less than 10 percent of all deepwater ciscoes captured in biological surveys. More

category, “chubs”, for all the deepwater cisco species that excluded the shallow-water lake herring. In Lake Superior, shortjaw cisco was the dominant chub species and was the target of a commercial chub fishery that thrived from the late 1800s through the mid-1970s. More

example, one species of deepwater cisco and one form of deepwater lake trout are being considered for reintroduction. These efforts, if they come to fruition, will likely stimulate enthusiasm for reintroducing other extirpated fishes. Such efforts will require a well-focused research agenda to help guide decision-making. More

The Deepwater Cisco was distinguished by usually having less than 33 gill rakers, relatively long pectoral fins, and unpigmented jaws. It was a silvery colour with a pink or purple lustre and a green or blue back. More

Common names

deepwater cisco in English
Dybvandshelt in Danish (dansk)
深水白鮭 in Mandarin Chinese
深水白鲑 in Mandarin Chinese

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