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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.
An extensive list of the freshwater fish found in California, including both native and introduced ... Mountain Whitefish: Prosoplum williamsoni: Delta Smelt ...
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 ...
Trout Creek was an important fall camp for the Washo people who caught Mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni, formerly Coregonus williamsoni (Girard, 1856)) there. The Washo name Mathocahuw O'tha means "river of the whitefish". George and Adeline Fountain built a log cabin near the headwaters in 1860 and the area is referred to as "Fountain ...
T. Tahoe sucker; Texas shiner; Steelhead and salmon distinct population segments; Apache trout; Beardslee trout; Columbia River redband trout; Coastal cutthroat trout
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]
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
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 ...