- Bloater
Taxobox | name = Bloater
status = VU
status_system = iucn2.3
image_width = 250px
image_caption = Bloater ("Coregonus hoyi")
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Salmoniformes
familia =Coregonidae
genus = "Coregonus "
species = "C. hoyi"
binomial = "Coregonus hoyi"
binomial_authority = (Milner, 1874)The bloater ("Coregonus hoyi") is afreshwater fish native to theGreat 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, like the
kipper , a type of smokedherring , but is differentiated from the kipper by the fact that fish is smoked whole, with its innards intact. According toGeorge Orwell in "The Road to Wigan Pier ", the Emperor Charles V erected a statue to the inventor of bloaters.References
* Listed as Vulnerable (VU D2 v2.3)
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*External links
* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Coregonus_hoyi.html Animal Diversity Web - Coregonus hoyi]
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