Bonneville cisco
Appearance
Bonneville cisco | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Prosopium |
Species: | P. gemmifer
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Binomial name | |
Prosopium gemmifer (Snyder, 1919)
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The Bonneville cisco (Prosopium gemmifer) is a species of cisco endemic to Bear Lake along the Utah-Idaho border of the United States. It is one of three freshwater whitefishes endemic to Bear Lake, alongside the Bear Lake whitefish and the Bonneville whitefish,[2][3] and is considered a Wildlife Species of Concern by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.[4] It is a popular ice-fishing target when the lake freezes and, during the spawning season of January to February, is caught by waders with hand nets.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (4 August 2023). "Prosopium gemmifer". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Utah Division of Wildlife Resources". www.wildlife.utah.gov. Archived from the original on 21 June 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Utah Division of Wildlife Resources". dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov. Archived from the original on 2003-06-11.
- ^ "Utah Sensitive Species List". dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov. Archived from the original on 2003-08-17.
- ^ "Bear Lake Fishing & Ice Fishing." Bear Lake Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau. Accessed July 27, 2023.
- ^ "Bear Lake Monster Winterfest." Bear Lake Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau. Accessed July 27, 2023.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Prosopium gemmifer". FishBase. February 2012 version.