Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Salmoniformes

Family: Salmonidae

Genus: Coregonus

Species: Coregonus hoyi (Milner, 1874)

Climate Zone

Location

• 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.

Biology

Occurs in large lakes, generally at depths of 30-190 m (Ref.86798).

Habitat

pelagic

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Threat to Humans

Harmless