Goldeye prefer turbid waters of lakes, ponds, and rivers. Food includes diverse aquatic invertebrates and small fishes, as well as other vertebrates and flying insects that fall in the water. Goldeye live up to 17 years.
Sexual maturity varies with latitude, being much earlier for fish in the south than in the north.
Characteristics Goldeye are silvery herring-like fishes named for their conspicuous golden iris. Encyclopaedia of Canadian fishes. Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa. John Wiley and Sons, New York. See the Hiodon page for other references.