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Prosopium spilonotus (Bonneville whitefish)

Synonyms: Coregonus spilonotus; Prosopium spilonatus
Language: Danish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The Bonneville whitefish (Prosopium spilonotus) is a salmonid fish endemic to Bear Lake on the Utah-Idaho border. It is one of three species of Prosopium endemic to Bear Lake, the other two being the Bear Lake whitefish and the Bonneville cisco. The species is listed as a Wildlife Species of Concern by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. They spawn from mid February through early March, over rocky or sandy areas. The female will stop to spawn, with 5-6 males in attendance, the total process lasting 5 to 15 seconds before the fish rejoin their school.
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Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  8 years

Prey / Diet

Cottus extensus (Bear Lake sculpin)[2]

Range Map

External References

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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.
2Meristic differences, habitat selectivity and diet separation of Prosopium spilonotus and P. abyssicola, Scott A. Tolentino & Brett W. Thompson, Ann. Zool. Fennici 41: 309–317 (2004)
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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