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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 following list of freshwater fish species and subspecies known to occur in the U.S. state of Oregon is primarily taken from "Inland Fishes of Washington" by Richard S. Wydoski and Richard R. Whitney (2003), but some species and subspecies have been added from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) website.
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 ...
In their ecosystems, whitefish tend to be some of the largest fish and occupy niches as benthic predators. [11] The recent invasion of several invasive species, [12] including the sea lamprey and zebra mussels, [11] has begun to pose a threat to the whitefish population by disrupting historic ecological relationships and prey distribution. [13]
A native Great Lakes whitefish thought extinct for nearly 40 years has been rediscovered by scientists – in the wrong Great Lake. The Shortnose Cisco was once abundant on the Great Lakes, but ...
A massive rare fish thought to only live in temperate waters in the southern hemisphere has washed up on Oregon's northern coast, drawing crowds of curious onlookers intrigued by the unusual sight ...
Coregonus ussuriensis L. S. Berg, 1906 (Amur whitefish) Coregonus vandesius J. Richardson, 1836 (vendace) Coregonus vessicus Dryagin, 1932; Coregonus wartmanni (Bloch, 1784) Coregonus widegreni Malmgren, 1863 (Valaam whitefish) Coregonus zenithicus (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1909) (shortjaw cisco) Coregonus zuerichensis Nüsslin, 1882; Coregonus ...
Sep. 28—ANACONDA — Whitefish, with four players in the top 15, won the girls team title at the Western A Divisional golf tournament held Friday at Old Works Golf Course. Stella Jaffe shot an ...