THE WHITEFISHES OP NORTH AMERICA. 



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Lake Superior it is used for G. labradoricus, while in the Lake of the 

 Woods "whitefish" may mean either Argyrosomus tullibee or < . labra- 

 doricus, or possibly (\ clupeiformis. Again, the "cisco" of Lake 

 Ontario is A. artedi, which is the "herring" of Lake Erie, or the 

 "shore herring" or "greenback herring" of Lake Michigan. At 

 Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior, the name "eisco" is sometimes ap- 

 plied to C. quadrilateral is. At some places in Lake Superior •• eisco" 

 means A. prognathus, and in Lake Michigan it may refer to A. hoyi. 

 The mime "herring" or "lake herring" is generally applied to A. 

 artedi, but in Lake Michigan A. hoyi is known by the same designa- 

 tion. Such names as "shad," "chub," "pilot-fish," and "shiner," 

 when given to species of whitefish, afford no clue to the identity of 

 the fish and illustrate the confused popular nomenclature. 



In order to facilitate to some extent the identification of the various 

 whitetishes by persons not conversant with the subject, the common 

 names in use have been brought together in the following list. In the 

 first column we give the common or local name; in the second, the 

 place where used, and in the third the scientific name. The absence of 

 an assigned locality indicates either that the common name is not used 

 among the fishing population (as, for instance, Nelson's whitefish), or 

 that the common name is in more or less general use. 



Classified list of //<<• common names applied by fishermen and others to the different species 



of whitefish. 



Common name. 



Attihawmeg 



Blacktiu, or blackfin whitefish. 



Where used. 



Northern lakes 

 Lake Michigan . 



Blackback do 



Bloat Lake Union; Lake Ontario. . 



Bloater, or bloater whitefish Lake Ontario; Lake Superior 



Blueback, or bluehack herring | Lake Ontario; Lake Michiga 



Bluefin, blnefin whitefish | Lake Michigan 



Bowbaek, or bowback whitefish | Lake Superior 



Broad whitefish 



Buffalo-hack whitefish 



Chateaugay shad 



Chivey 



Chub*. 



Cisco (or Sisco) 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Ciscoette 



Do 



Common whitefish 



Coulter's whitefish ... 



Cross whitefish 



Deep-water herring. .. 

 Deep-water whitefish. 

 Fresh water herring. . 

 Frostlish 



Gizzard-fish 



Graybaek. or grayhack herring 

 Greenback, or greenback herring 

 Herring 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Lake Superior 



I lhateaugay Lake 



Maine 



Lake Michigan 



Lake Ontario; Lake Erie 



Lake Michigan 



Lake Superior; Lake I tntario 



Lake Superior 



Lake Tippecanoe 



Lake Erie (trade name for large her- 

 ring). 

 Lake Ontario (trade name) 



Lake Ontario 



Lake Michigan 



Lake Superior 



Payette Lake, Idaho 



Adirondack Mountains ; Lake Champ- 

 lain. 



St. -I ohn's Liver. X. B 



Lake Ontario 



Lake < Intario; Lake Michigan , 



Scientific name. 



Idaho 



( rival Hear Lake. 

 Lake Michigan .. 



Coregonus labradori- 



cus. 

 Argyrosomus nigri- 



pinnis. 

 C. quadrilateralis. 

 A. prognathus. 



Do.' 

 A . artedi. 

 A. nigripinnis. 

 ( '. clupeiformis. 

 C. kennicotl i. 

 < '. clupeiformis. 

 C. quadrilateralis. 



Do. 

 A . hoyi. 

 A. artedi. 

 A. hoyi. 

 A. prognathus. 

 C. quadrilateralis. 

 A. artedi sisco. 



A. artedi. 



A. prognathus. 

 ( '. clupeiformis. 

 ( '. coulterii. 

 A. prognathus. 

 A. hoyi. 

 A. prognathus. 

 C. williamsoni. 

 C. quadrilateralis. 



i La bradoricus. 

 A. artedi. 



l>o. 



Do. 

 C. williamsoni. 

 A. lucidus. 



A. hoyi. 



