Goldeye (Hiodon alosoides) is a freshwater species recorded in the United States.
Scientific name: Hiodon alosoides · Water: Freshwater
Size: up to 52 cm
The goldeye is a hiodontid whose adults occur in deep, open pools and channels of turbid lowland rivers, and in small lakes and impoundments. They feed on surface and aquatic insects, crustaceans, mollusks, small fishes, frogs, shrews and mice, and mature individuals migrate upstream to spawn and feed and move downstream again afterwards; it is mainly nocturnal, and it is preyed upon by birds, some mammals and other fishes. It is marketed smoked. Maximum length is about 52 cm fork length, and it commonly reaches about 31 cm; it can live 14 years. It is a minor commercial species and a gamefish. Fishing vulnerability is high at 63 of 100 and resilience medium. IUCN lists it as least concern.
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