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Mountain Whitefish

Prosopium williamsoni

Classification

The mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) is one of the most widely distributed salmonid fish of western North America. It is found from the Mackenzie River drainage in Northwest Territories, Canada through western Canada and the northwestern USA in the Pacific, Hudson Bay and upper Missouri River basins to the Truckee River drainage in Nevada and Sevier River drainage in Utah. Description The body shape is superficially similar to the cyprinids, although it is distinguished by having both the adipose fin and axillary process of salmonids.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 945Canada · 321