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Prosopium cylindraceum (Round whitefish; Round fish; Pilot fish; Menominee whitefish; Menominee; Frost fish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum) is a freshwater species of fish that is found in lakes from Alaska to New England, including the Great Lakes. It has an olive-brown back with light silvery sides and underside and its length is generally between 9 and 19 inches (23 and 48 cm). They are bottom feeders, feeding mostly on invertebrates, such as crustaceans, insect larvae, and fish eggs. Some other fish species, like white sucker in turn eat their eggs. Lake trout, northern pike and burbot are natural predators. Other common names of the round whitefish are menominee, pilot fish, frost fish, round-fish, and menominee whitefish. The common name "round whitefish" is also sometimes used to describe Coregonus huntsmani, a salmonid more commonly known as the Atlantic whitefish.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  22 inches (55 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  In the open
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Lithophils (rock-gravel)
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Gestation [2]  4 months 20 days
Litter Size [1]  11,888
Maximum Longevity [1]  16 years
Migration [3]  Potamodromous
Adult Weight [2]  3.303 lbs (1.498 kg)
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Female Maturity [1]  3 years
Male Maturity [2]  3 years

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Salvelinus namaycush (American lake char)[4]

Predators

Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle)[4]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

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Citations

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1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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