Goldeye

Goldeye
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Hiodontiformes
Family: Hiodontidae
Genus: Hiodon
Species:
H. alosoides
Binomial name
Hiodon alosoides
(Rafinesque, 1819) Nash 1908
Map of North America with shading indicating species' distribution in parts of the central United States into parts of Canada
Synonyms[2][3]
List
    • ?Amphiodon alveoides Rafinesque 1819
    • Clupea alosoides Rafinesque 1819
    • Amphiodon alosoides (Rafinesque 1819) Hubbs 1926
    • Hyodon alosoides Jordan and Gilbert 1883
    • Hiodon clodalis Lesueur 1818
    • Clodalus clodalus (Lesueur 1818)
    • Hiodon chrysopsis Richardson 1836
    • Hyodon chrysopsis (Richardson 1836) Jordan and Evermann 1896–1900
    • Elattonistius chrysopsis (Richardson 1836) Jordan and Thomson 1910
    • Hiodon amphiodon Rafinesque 1820

The goldeye (Hiodon alosoides) is a freshwater fish found in Canada and the northern United States. It is one of only two extant species in the family Hiodontidae, the other species being Hiodon tergisus.[4] The species name alosoides means shad-like.[5] It is also called Winnipeg goldeye, western goldeye, yellow herring, toothed herring, shad mooneye, la Queche, weepicheesis, or laquaiche aux yeux d’or in French.[5]

  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Hiodon alosoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202408A18232129. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202408A18232129.en. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  2. ^ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  3. ^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Hiodontidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. ^ Page, Lawrence M; Burr, Brooks M. (2011). Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America North of Mexico. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 144. ISBN 9780547242064.
  5. ^ a b Scott & Crossman 1973, p. 332