Longjaw Cisco
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Salmoniformes
Salmonidae
Coregonus
C. alpenae
The longjaw cisco (Coregonus alpenae) was a deep water cisco or chub, usually caught at depths of 100 metres or more from Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Erie. Its Latin name was derived from Alpena... More »
Shortjaw cisco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The shortjaw cisco ( Coregonus zenithicus ) is a deepwater cisco or chub (not to be confused with various species of Cyprinidae called chubs). It has large, smooth scales and is irridescent silver...
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Four of these species -- the Tecopa pupfish, longjaw cisco, blue pike, and Santa Barbara song sparrow -- were protected under laws pre-dating the ESA, and therefore were automatically listed under the ESA when it passed in 1973. They were apparently already extinct by 1973, however.
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The longjaw cisco (Coregonus alpenae) was a deepwater fish endemic to lakes Michigan, Huron, and Erie [1]. It was last collected in Lake Erie in 1957, in Lake Michigan in 1967, and in U.S. waters in 1967 [1, 2]. It was listed as an endangered species in 1967 and was last captured in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron on June...
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Main reference ; ... Size / Weight / Age; ... Max length : 45.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3370); common length : 26.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1998)
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Species description, photo and/or distribution map: Longjaw Cisco Coregonus alpenae ... Once found in lakes Huron and Michigan, the longjaw cisco was exploited to extinction by 1975. Environmental changes as well as predation by sea lamprey were also limiting the population size. The cisco was protected in Canada,
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Features: The Longjaw Cisco (Coregonus alpenae) was a deep water cisco or chub which was usually caught at depths of 100 metres or more. It was silver coloured and grew to about 30 centimeters long.
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Species description, photo and/or distribution map: Longjaw cisco Coregonus alpenae ... Back to the home page ... Next species: Cisco, lake herring...
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Species Profile web site of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ... States/US Territories in which the Longjaw cisco is known to occur: Illinois , Indiana , Michigan , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Wisconsin ... 09/02/1983 48 FR 39941 39943 Deregulation of Longjaw Cisco & Blue Pike; 48 FR 39941-39943...
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THE AGE, GROWTH, AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE LONGJAW. CISCO, LEUCICHTHYS ALPENAE KOELZ, IN LAKE MICHIGAN. FRANK W. U.S. Department oJ the Interior, ...
afsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1577/1548-8659(1946)76%5B215... afsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1577/1548-8659(1946)76%5B215:TAGADO%5D2.0.CO%3B2
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