Salmonidae

round whitefish

Prosopium cylindraceum

Pectoral fins take orange tint during spawning

• White
• Temperate
• Circumpolar Arctic
• Northern Hemisphere
• Transcontinental
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• North America
• Polar regions
• Fusiform
• Large
• Temperate fish

round whitefish is known around North America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 59 cm.