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Mountain whitefish
16 inches (41 cm) Mountain whitefish, McKenzie River, Oregon
Conservation status
Mountain whitefish
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Prosopium
Species:
P. williamsoni
Binomial name
Prosopium williamsoni
(Girard, 1856)
Synonyms[2]

Coregonus williamsoni Girard, 1856 Coregonus oregonius Jordan & Snyder, 1909 Prosopium oregonium (Jordan & Snyder, 1909)

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.[4]

  1. ^ NatureServe (4 August 2023). "Prosopium williamsoni". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Synonyms of Prosopium williamsoni (Girard, 1856)". Fishbase. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  3. ^ Wayne C. Starnes. "Prosopium williamsoni (Girard, 1856)". ITIS. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  4. ^ L. M. Page and B. M. Burr (1991). "Prosopium williamsoni (Girard, 1856) Mountain whitefish". FishBase. Retrieved 2010-12-28.

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