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goldeye

Hiodon alosoides (Rafinesque, 1819)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Goldeye (Hiodon alosoides) photographed at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in Yankton, South Dakota.
Photo: Sam Stukel/USFWS — Goldeye (Hiodon alosoides) photographed at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in Yankton, South Dakota. Photo: Sam Stukel/USFWS
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Open encyclopedia reference

The goldeye (Hiodon alosoides) is a freshwater fish found in Canada and the Upland South plus central United States. It is one of only two extant species in the family Hiodontidae, the other species being Hiodon tergisus. The species name alosoides means shad-like. It is also called Winnipeg goldeye, western goldeye, yellow herring, toothed herring, shad mooneye, la Queche, weepicheesis, or laquaiche aux yeux d'or in French.

Wikipedia contributors, Goldeye; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:28:21.817136+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Hiodon alosoides (Rafinesque, 1819)
Name authority: (Rafinesque, 1819)
Common name: goldeye
Rank: species
Accepted status: accepted
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Hiodontiformes
Family: Hiodontidae
Genus: Hiodon
Extinction status: Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
kingdomAnimalia
phylumChordata
subphylumVertebrata
infraphylumGnathostomata
parvphylumOsteichthyes
gigaclassActinopterygii
superclassActinopteri
classTeleostei
orderHiodontiformes
familyHiodontidae Valenciennes, 1847
genusHiodon Lesueur, 1818
speciesHiodon alosoides (Rafinesque, 1819)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Hiodon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Species	Classification	Source status
mooneyeHiodon tergisus Lesueur, 1818	HiodontidaeChordata	Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 2 records assigned to Hiodontidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded name	Source status
Hiodon chrysopsis Richardson, 1836 Richardson, 1836	synonym
Hiodon clodalis Lesueur, 1818 Lesueur, 1818	synonym
Hyodon alosoides (Rafinesque, 1819) (Rafinesque, 1819)	synonym
Hyodon chrysopsis Richardson, 1836 Richardson, 1836	synonym
Amphiodon alosoides (Rafinesque, 1819) (Rafinesque, 1819)	synonym
Hiodon clodalus Lesueur, 1818 Lesueur, 1818	synonym
Elattonistius chrysopsis (Richardson, 1836) (Richardson, 1836)	synonym
Amphiodon alveoides Rafinesque, 1819 Rafinesque, 1819	synonym
Clupea alosoides Rafinesque, 1819 Rafinesque, 1819	synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567532 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3LYQH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.