Name:

Bloater

 

Other Common Names:

Bloater chub, bloat, chub, Hoy�s cisco, cisco de fumage (French)

 

Scientific Name:

Coregonus hoyi

 

Length:

Average length is 9 inches

 

Identification:

Silvery with some pink and purple iridescence with a greenish tinge above lateral line and a silvery white ventral surface

 

Photo & text courtesy of:

Photo:Fish Profiles - University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
Fish Profiles - University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute

Fishes of Wisconsin by George C. Becker

 

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