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Salmonidae
mountain whitefish
Prosopium williamsoni
Even its own eggs become food
- White
- Temperate
- Upper river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Pacific Ocean
- North America
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Temperate fish
White
Temperate
Regional distribution
Fusiform
Largemountain whitefish is a freshwater fish found around North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 70 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Salmons and Trout
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Genus
- Prosopium
- Maximum length
- 70 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- North America: Mackenzie River drainage in Northwest Territory, Canada south through western Canada and northwestern USA in the Pacific, Hudson Bay and upper Missouri River basins to Truckee River drainage in Nevada and Sevier River drainage in Utah, USA.
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