Coregonus zenithicus (Jordan & Evermann, 1909)
Shortjaw cisco
Coregonus zenithicus
photo by Lyons, J.

Family:  Salmonidae (Salmonids), subfamily: Coregoninae
Max. size:  40 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 11 years
Environment:  demersal; freshwater; depth range 20 - 180 m
Distribution:  North America: Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories, Canada southeast through Hudson Bay and Great Lakes basin (except Lakes Ontario and Erie). Declining in Lakes Superior and Nipigon. Uncommon outside Great Lakes basin (Ref. 5723).
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Usually found in deep water of large lakes. Belongs to C. artedi complex. Formerly commercial important, but now extinct.
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 01 August 1996 (A1bc) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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