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Bering Cisco (Coregonus laurettae)
Species Profile

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Like Pacific salmon, Bering cisco are anadromous.

General Description

The Bering cisco is a medium-sized, salmonid-like fish up to 18 inches in total length. Bering cisco is distinguished from least cisco by pale, almost colorless pelvic and pectoral fins. Bering cisco is distinguished from the arctic cisco by the smaller number of gill rakers on the lower portion of the first gill arch.

Adult Bering cisco are generally brownish to dark green dorsally with silvery lower sides and belly. The anal, pelvic, and pectoral fins are pale, caudal and dorsal fins are dusky in color. Bering cisco may have black dots with halos along their backs, and/or white spots on the fins.