Mooneye
Hiodon tergisus · Hiodontidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- April and May
- Largest length
- up to 47 cm (19 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 8 years
- Matures at
- about 2.5 years old
Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).
USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.
19 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.
Lakes where it has been recorded
From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.
Showing 4 of 4 lakes
- Lake Saint CroixPierce County4,668 acres · 60 ft deeprecorded 1928 to 2006 (7 records)recorded
- French LakeLacrosse County71 acresrecorded 1989 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Lake WinnebagoFond du Lac County137,708 acres · 21 ft deeprecorded 1966 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Lake MichiganWisconsin0.4 acresrecorded 1922 (2 records)stocked, recorded