A hermaphroditic coregonine from Lake Michigan

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
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Hermaphroditism is relatively rare among the Salmonidae (See Atz, 1964 for a comprehensive review) and has never been reported for coregonine fishes. Recent examination of a collection of coregonines at the Great Lakes Fishery Laboratory disclosed a hermaphroditic bloater(Coregonus hoyi). The fish was captured in a gill net set at 50 fathoms on the bottom of Lake Michigan approximately 7.5 miles NNW of Frankfort, Michigan, on November 2, 1955. The fish had a normal rate of growth and was 234 mm long and in its 5th year of life; it was normal in external appearance but was easily identified as a hermaphrodite by gross examination of its gonads
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title A hermaphroditic coregonine from Lake Michigan
Series title Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
DOI 10.1577/1548-8659(1970)99<611:AHCFLM>2.0.CO;2
Volume 99
Issue 3
Year Published 1970
Language English
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Publisher location London, UK
Contributing office(s) Great Lakes Science Center
Description 611 p.
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First page 611 p.
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