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Prosopium gemmifer (Bonneville cisco)

Synonyms: Leucichthys gemmifer; Prosopium gemmiferum
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Bonneville cisco (Prosopium gemmifer) is a species of cisco endemic to Bear Lake along the Utah-Idaho border, United States. It is one of three species of whitefish endemic to Bear Lake, the others being the Bear Lake whitefish and the Bonneville whitefish. The species is listed as a Wildlife Species of Concern by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
View Wikipedia Record: Prosopium gemmifer

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  8 inches (21 cm)
Litter Size [1]  3,600
Maximum Longevity [1]  6 years
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Female Maturity [1]  3 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Lahontan United States Nearctic Xeric Freshwaters and Endorheic Basins    

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 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.
♦ 2Myers, 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
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0