WoRMS taxon details
Coregonus artedi Lesueur, 1818
158725 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158725)
accepted
Species
Argyrosomus artedi (Lesueur, 1818) · unaccepted (synonym)
Argyrosomus eriensis Jordan & Evermann, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
Argyrosomus huronius Jordan & Evermann, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
Argyrosomus tullibee (Richardson, 1836) · unaccepted (synonym)
Coregonus actedii Lesueur, 1818 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Coregonus artedii Lesueur, 1818 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Leucichthys artedi (Lesueur, 1818) · unaccepted (synonym)
Leucichthys churchillensis Fowler, 1948 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leucichthys eriensis (Jordan & Evermann, 1909) · unaccepted (synonym)
Leucichthys harengus (Richardson, 1836) · unaccepted (synonym)
Leucichthys macropterus Bean, 1916 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leucichthys manitoulinus Jordan & Evermann, 1911 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leucichthys nueltinensis Fowler, 1948 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leucichthys ontariensis Jordan & Evermann, 1911 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leucichthys supernas Jordan & Evermann, 1911 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leucichthys tullibee (Richardson, 1836) · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo artedi (Lesueur, 1818) · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo harengus Richardson, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo tullibee Richardson, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lesueur, C. A. (1818). Descriptions of several new species of North American fishes. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 222-235; 359-368, Pls. 8-11, 14. [details]
Distribution Widely distributed throughout Canada and the USA to Ohio and Minnesota.
Distribution Widely distributed throughout Canada and the USA to Ohio and Minnesota. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Coregonus artedi Lesueur, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158725 on 2026-08-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Lesueur, C. A. (1818). Descriptions of several new species of North American fishes. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 222-235; 359-368, Pls. 8-11, 14. [details]
original description (of Argyrosomus huronius Jordan & Evermann, 1909) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W. (1909). Descriptions of three new species of cisco, or lake herring (Argyrosomus), from the Great Lakes of America; with a note on the species of whitefish. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 36 (no. 1662): 165-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.36-1662.165 [details]
original description (of Argyrosomus eriensis Jordan & Evermann, 1909) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W. (1909). Descriptions of three new species of cisco, or lake herring (Argyrosomus), from the Great Lakes of America; with a note on the species of whitefish. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 36 (no. 1662): 165-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.36-1662.165 [details]
original description (of Leucichthys manitoulinus Jordan & Evermann, 1911) Jordan, D.S. & B.W. Everman. (1911). A Review of the Salmonoid Fishes of the Great Lakes, with notes on the white fishes of other regions. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, 1909 29:1-41, 7pls. figs.1-23. [details]
original description (of Leucichthys ontariensis Jordan & Evermann, 1911) Jordan, D.S. & B.W. Everman. (1911). A Review of the Salmonoid Fishes of the Great Lakes, with notes on the white fishes of other regions. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, 1909 29:1-41, 7pls. figs.1-23. [details]
original description (of Leucichthys supernas Jordan & Evermann, 1911) Jordan, D.S. & B.W. Everman. (1911). A Review of the Salmonoid Fishes of the Great Lakes, with notes on the white fishes of other regions. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, 1909 29:1-41, 7pls. figs.1-23. [details]
original description (of Leucichthys churchillensis Fowler, 1948) Fowler, H. W. (1948). Fishes of the Nueltin Lake Expedition, Keewatin, 1947. Pt. I -- Taxonomy. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 100: 141-152. [details]
original description (of Leucichthys nueltinensis Fowler, 1948) Fowler, H. W. (1948). Fishes of the Nueltin Lake Expedition, Keewatin, 1947. Pt. I -- Taxonomy. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 100: 141-152. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Argyrosomus huronius Jordan & Evermann, 1909) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W. (1909). Descriptions of three new species of cisco, or lake herring (Argyrosomus), from the Great Lakes of America; with a note on the species of whitefish. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 36 (no. 1662): 165-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.36-1662.165 [details]
original description (of Argyrosomus eriensis Jordan & Evermann, 1909) Jordan, D. S.; Evermann, B. W. (1909). Descriptions of three new species of cisco, or lake herring (Argyrosomus), from the Great Lakes of America; with a note on the species of whitefish. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 36 (no. 1662): 165-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.36-1662.165 [details]
original description (of Leucichthys manitoulinus Jordan & Evermann, 1911) Jordan, D.S. & B.W. Everman. (1911). A Review of the Salmonoid Fishes of the Great Lakes, with notes on the white fishes of other regions. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, 1909 29:1-41, 7pls. figs.1-23. [details]
original description (of Leucichthys ontariensis Jordan & Evermann, 1911) Jordan, D.S. & B.W. Everman. (1911). A Review of the Salmonoid Fishes of the Great Lakes, with notes on the white fishes of other regions. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, 1909 29:1-41, 7pls. figs.1-23. [details]
original description (of Leucichthys supernas Jordan & Evermann, 1911) Jordan, D.S. & B.W. Everman. (1911). A Review of the Salmonoid Fishes of the Great Lakes, with notes on the white fishes of other regions. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, 1909 29:1-41, 7pls. figs.1-23. [details]
original description (of Leucichthys churchillensis Fowler, 1948) Fowler, H. W. (1948). Fishes of the Nueltin Lake Expedition, Keewatin, 1947. Pt. I -- Taxonomy. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 100: 141-152. [details]
original description (of Leucichthys nueltinensis Fowler, 1948) Fowler, H. W. (1948). Fishes of the Nueltin Lake Expedition, Keewatin, 1947. Pt. I -- Taxonomy. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 100: 141-152. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Aquaculture [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Widely distributed throughout Canada and the USA to Ohio and Minnesota. [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat freshwater; brackish; marine ; depth range - 50 m [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, gamefish [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | lake herringlake cisco [from synonym]cisco | [details] |
| French | cisco de lac | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (56 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leucichthys churchillensis Fowler, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Salmo harengus Richardson, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Leucichthys manitoulinus Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Leucichthys supernas Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Leucichthys macropterus Bean, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications) (from synonym Coregonus artedii Lesueur, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Argyrosomus eriensis Jordan & Evermann, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Argyrosomus huronius Jordan & Evermann, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Leucichthys ontariensis Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (91 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coregonus artedi)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Coregonus artedii Lesueur, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Coregonus actedii Lesueur, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo artedi (Lesueur, 1818))
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys artedi (Lesueur, 1818))
To FishBase (from synonym Argyrosomus artedi (Lesueur, 1818))
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo harengus Richardson, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Argyrosomus eriensis Jordan & Evermann, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys ontariensis Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys eriensis (Jordan & Evermann, 1909))
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys manitoulinus Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys harengus (Richardson, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo tullibee Richardson, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys tullibee (Richardson, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Argyrosomus tullibee (Richardson, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Argyrosomus huronius Jordan & Evermann, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys churchillensis Fowler, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys macropterus Bean, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys nueltinensis Fowler, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys supernas Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To GenBank (1932 nucleotides; 174 proteins) (from synonym Coregonus artedii Lesueur, 1818)
To GenBank (1932 nucleotides; 174 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyrosomus artedi P01229 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyrosomus artedi P01234 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyrosomus eriensis P01235 illustration) (from synonym Argyrosomus eriensis Jordan & Evermann, 1909)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyrosomus huronius P01241 illustration) (from synonym Argyrosomus huronius Jordan & Evermann, 1909)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyrosomus manitoulinus P14863 illustration) (from synonym Leucichthys manitoulinus Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyrosomus ontariensis P14865 illustration) (from synonym Leucichthys ontariensis Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leucichthys churchillensis Fowler, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Salmo harengus Richardson, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Leucichthys manitoulinus Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Leucichthys supernas Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Leucichthys macropterus Bean, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications) (from synonym Coregonus artedii Lesueur, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Argyrosomus eriensis Jordan & Evermann, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Argyrosomus huronius Jordan & Evermann, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Leucichthys ontariensis Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (91 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coregonus artedi)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Coregonus artedii Lesueur, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Coregonus actedii Lesueur, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo artedi (Lesueur, 1818))
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys artedi (Lesueur, 1818))
To FishBase (from synonym Argyrosomus artedi (Lesueur, 1818))
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo harengus Richardson, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Argyrosomus eriensis Jordan & Evermann, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys ontariensis Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys eriensis (Jordan & Evermann, 1909))
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys manitoulinus Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys harengus (Richardson, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo tullibee Richardson, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys tullibee (Richardson, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Argyrosomus tullibee (Richardson, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Argyrosomus huronius Jordan & Evermann, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys churchillensis Fowler, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys macropterus Bean, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys nueltinensis Fowler, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Leucichthys supernas Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To GenBank (1932 nucleotides; 174 proteins) (from synonym Coregonus artedii Lesueur, 1818)
To GenBank (1932 nucleotides; 174 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyrosomus artedi P01229 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyrosomus artedi P01234 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyrosomus eriensis P01235 illustration) (from synonym Argyrosomus eriensis Jordan & Evermann, 1909)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyrosomus huronius P01241 illustration) (from synonym Argyrosomus huronius Jordan & Evermann, 1909)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyrosomus manitoulinus P14863 illustration) (from synonym Leucichthys manitoulinus Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyrosomus ontariensis P14865 illustration) (from synonym Leucichthys ontariensis Jordan & Evermann, 1911)
To ITIS
