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The mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) is one of the most widely distributed salmonid fish of western North America. [3] It is found from the Mackenzie River drainage in Northwest Territories, Canada through western Canada and the northwestern USA in the Pacific, Hudson Bay and upper Missouri River basins to the Truckee River drainage in Nevada and Sevier River drainage in Utah.
The mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) is native to the park in the Madison River drainage, the Gallatin River drainage, the Yellowstone River below Knowles Falls, the Middle Creek tributary of the Shoshone River and the Snake River drainage. Attempts to introduce mountain whitefish into the Yellowstone River below Yellowstone Lake were ...
Lake whitefish are found throughout much of Canada and parts of the northern United States, including all of the Great Lakes. The lake whitefish is sometimes referred to as a "humpback" fish due to the small size of the head in relation to the length of the body. [3] [a] It is a valuable commercial fish, and also occasionally taken by sport ...
Coregonus megalops Widegren, 1863 (lacustrine fluvial whitefish) Coregonus migratorius (Georgi, 1775) (omul) Coregonus muksun (Pallas, 1814) (muksun) Coregonus nasus (Pallas, 1776) (broad whitefish) Coregonus nelsonii. Coregonus nelsonii T. H. Bean, 1884 (Alaska whitefish) † Coregonus nigripinnis (Milner, 1874) (blackfin cisco) Coregonus ...
Coregonus candidus, locally known as shiny whitefish, [2] is a freshwater species of fish of the genus coregonus, which is also known as whitefish, found in the Lake Neuchâtel and Bienne of Switzerland. The fish is classified as vulnerable according to the IUCN standard due to overfishing and improper management of the water body. [3] [4]
Bear Lake whitefish (Prosopium abyssicola) Pygmy whitefish (Prosopium coulteri) Bonneville cisco (Prosopium gemmiferum) Bonneville whitefish (Prosopium spilonotus) Mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) Atlantic salmon* (Salmo salar) Brown trout* (Salmo trutta) Blueback trout* (Salvelinus alpinus oquassa) Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)
Bear Lake whitefish: Bear Lake on the Utah-Idaho border Prosopium coulterii (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1892) Pygmy whitefish: mountain streams and lakes in western North America, it also has isolated populations in Lake Superior and in Ekityki Lake, Chukchi Peninsula. Prosopium cylindraceum (Pennant, 1784) Round whitefish
The pygmy whitefish is a small herring-like fish with a long and cylindrical body by comparison to other whitefishes. [1] Silvery in colour, it has a brownish back, and a whitish belly. [ 1 ] Black spots on the side called "parr marks", which are present on young trout or "parrs", are present on the young of this species, and on adults in some ...