DCHP-1 Online
goldeye 
n. a small edible fish, Hiodon alosoides, native to the Lake Winnipeg region, but now found over a wider range in the Northwest.
See also: lacaishe Lake Winnipeg goldeye mooneye nacaishe Winnipeg goldeye
- a1811 (1909) The buffalo comes to the fords of the Assiniboil, besides in these rivers are plenty of sturgeon, catfish, goldeyes, pike and whitefish--the latter so common that men have been seen to catch thirty or forty apiece while they smoked their pipes.
- 1828 (1872) Stopped on shore at the Passe . . . when we got a few "gold-eyes" (a kind of fresh herring about a foot long, with bright iris, large and yellow--Indian name Nacaish).
- 1964 Manitoba's most famous fish, the goldeye, which often appears on distant menus as "Winnipeg goldeye," has in recent years been playing a decreasing role commercially.
- a1811 (1909) The buffalo comes to the fords of the Assiniboil, besides in these rivers are plenty of sturgeon, catfish, goldeyes, pike and whitefish--the latter so common that men have been seen to catch thirty or forty apiece while they smoked their pipes.