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Mountain Whitefish

Prosopium williamsoni

853 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Wyoming.January 28, February 29, March 51, April 104, May 252, June 256, July 219, August 166, September 121, October 54, November 31, December 26.
United States2,817
Canada1,448
Wyoming1,338
British Columbia764
Alberta506
Alaska398
Idaho227
Utah193
Oregon193
Nunavut149

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderSalmons, pikes and mudminnows · Salmoniformes
FamilySalmons, Trouts, and Whitefishes · Salmonidae
GenusProsopium

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