Trout & Salmon
Cisco
Coregonus artedi
FreshwaterSalmonidaeVulnerable
About
Cisco are slender, silvery fish with a deeply forked tail and a small, adipose fin. They are a schooling fish, typically found in deep, cold waters of lakes and large rivers, and are an important food source for larger predatory fish.
- Average size
- 10-16 inches, 0.5-2 lbs
- Colors
- Silvery sides, darker bluish-green or gray back, white belly
- Diet
- Zooplankton, insects, and small invertebrates
- Region
- Great Lakes region, and some inland lakes in the northern United States and Canada