Mountain Whitefish
Prosopium williamsoni
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 541
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Mountain whitefish”.