Goldeye

Goldeye
Scientific 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
Synonyms
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
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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. The species name alosoides means shad-like. 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.

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