| Common name | Arctic cisco |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Canada |
| Locality | Arctic Canada |
| Ref. | McAllister, D.E., V. Legendre and J.G. Hunter, 1987 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st modifier | locality/area |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Cisco', short for Canadian French term 'ciscoette' for any of the whitefish genus of the coregonid family which includes important food fishes of the Great Lakes region (p. 243 in Ref. 11978). |