Bloater can refer to: Bloater (herring), a term for herring that is smoked whole; The Yarmouth Bloaters, a defunct motorcycle team named for the herring; Great Yarmouth Town F.C. commonly known by the nickname The Bloaters; Coregonus hoyi, a freshwater whitefish from the Great Lakes; Several related species of cisco from the Great Lakes, such as the kiyi A zombie-like enemy in The Last of Us video game, in which it is the fourth and most dangerous stage of the Cordyceps infection. The Bloater, a 1968 novel by Rosemary Tonks A "freak" zombie from the State of Decay video game series.