Bloater
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 Bloater (Coregonus hoyi)
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| Coregonus hoyi (Milner, 1874) |
The bloater (Coregonus hoyi) is a freshwater fish native to the Great Lakes. It is silver in color with a pink and purple iridescence and reaches an average length of 9 inches (23cm).
In British cuisine, the bloater is a type of kipper, where the herring has been smoked whole, with its innards intact. According to George Orwell in The Road to Wigan Pier, the Emperor Charles V erected a statue to the inventor of bloaters.
[edit] References
- Gimenez Dixon (1996). Coregonus hoyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU D2 v2.3)
- "Coregonus hoyi". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. November 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
- Coregonus hoyi (TSN 623394). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 13 July 2006.
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