About Coregonus artedi Lesueur, 1818
Common Name and Classification
Coregonus artedi, commonly called the cisco, is a North American species of freshwater whitefish belonging to the family Salmonidae.
Taxonomic Debate Status
There is ongoing debate about how many species of North American ciscoes exist and how the species boundaries for this group should be defined.
Nomenclature Usage
Because of this debate, the name Coregonus artedi can be used in two different ways: in a narrow sense, it refers to just one of the several types of cisco found in places like the Great Lakes; in a broad sense, it refers to the entire complex of all ciscoes living in continental North American lakes, which is called Coregonus artedi sensu lato.
