Bonneville cisco
The Bonneville cisco (Prosopium gemmifer) is a species of cisco endemic to Bear Lake along the Utah-Idaho border, United States. It is one of three species of whitefish endemic to Bear Lake, the others being the Bear Lake whitefish and the Bonneville whitefish.[1][2]
Bonneville whitefish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Prosopium |
Species: | P. gemmifer |
Binomial name | |
Prosopium gemmifer (Snyder, 1919) | |
The species is listed as a Wildlife Species of Concern by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.[3]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Prosopium gemmifer" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
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