Bonneville whitefish (Prosopium spilonotus)

Scientific name: Prosopium spilonotus Snyder, 1919

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

Species facts

Scientific name
Prosopium spilonotus
Family
Salmonidae (Salmonids)
Order
Salmoniformes (Salmons)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
56.0
Common length
31.0
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: endemic to Bear Lake, southeast Idaho and northern Utah in USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=8)

Sources

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

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