Animalia > Chordata > Osteoglossiformes > Hiodontidae > Hiodon > Hiodon tergisus

Hiodon tergisus (Freshwater herring; Mooneye; Moon-eye; Notch-finned hiodon; River whitefish; Toothed herring)

Synonyms: Hiodon selenops; Hyodon tergisus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Hiodon tergisus, the mooneye, is a freshwater fish that is widespread across eastern North America.
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  19 inches (47 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  In the open
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Litho-pelagophils
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Litter Size [1]  20,000
Maximum Longevity [1]  10 years
Adult Weight [2]  1.10 lbs (499 g)
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Female Maturity [1]  2 years 6 months

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♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0