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Is Cisco kosher?

Yes — Cisco is kosher under Jewish dietary law.

Cisco has fins and scales, which are the two requirements for kosher fish under Jewish dietary law (Leviticus 11:9-12).

Cisco (Coregonus artedi)

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Scientific name
Coregonus artedi
Also known as
Lake Herring, Tullibee, Lake Cisco
Habitat
Great Lakes, northern North American lakes
Kosher status
Kosher

About Cisco

See Trouts Coregonus artedi, commonly known as the cisco, is a North American species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. The number of species and definition of species limits in North American ciscoes is a matter of debate. Accordingly, Coregonus artedi may refer either in a narrow sense to one of the several types of cisco found e.g. in the Great Lakes, or in a broad sense to the complex of all ciscoes in continental North American lakes, Coregonus artedi sensu lato. Coregonus artedi, commonly known as the cisco, is a North American species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. The number of species and definition of species limits in North American ciscoes is a matter of debate. Accordingly, Coregonus artedi may refer either in a narrow sense to one of the several types of cisco found e.g. in the Great Lakes, or in a broad sense to the complex of all ciscoes in continental North American lakes, Coregonus artedi sensu lato. Coregonus artedi, narrow sense Narrowly defined, Coregonus artedi is known variously with the common names cisco, northern cisco, lake herring, chub or tullibee and its Anishinaabe name Odoonibiins. It is a pelagic fish occurring in the midwater zone of cold water lakes in North America. In the northern and western parts of its range it is also found in large rivers. This species occasionally grows as large as 40 cm and 2.3 kg (five pounds), but is more commonly 28 to 38 cm long and 170 to 907 grams (six ounces to two pounds) in weight. It is slender-bodied and silvery with pinkish iridescence on its sides. Diet is predominantly zooplankton and insect larvae, although fish eggs and larvae, including those of...

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