Bonneville cisco (Prosopium gemmifer)

Scientific name: Prosopium gemmifer Snyder, 1919

The Bonneville cisco (Prosopium gemmifer) is a freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae. Native range: North America, endemic to Bear Lake in southeastern Idaho and northern Utah, USA.

Biology

Occurs in open water. Widely scattered when water is colder than 14.4?C; as water warms, descends into deeper, colder water.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Prosopium gemmifer
Family
Salmonidae (Salmonids)
Order
Salmoniformes (Salmons)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
22.0
Common length
16.8
Environment
Freshwater; pelagic
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: endemic to Bear Lake in southeastern Idaho and northern Utah, USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=6)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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