Bonneville cisco
(Prosopium gemmifer)

Classification

Species: Prosopium gemmifer
Genus: Prosopium - North American whitefishes
Family: Salmonidae - Salmons and Trouts
Order: Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Bonneville cisco
Habitat: Freshwater
Climates: Continental, Mountain
Native: North America
Distribution:

The Bonneville cisco (Prosopium gemmifer) is a species of whitefish from the family Salmonidae endemic to Bear Lake along the Utah-Idaho border, United States.

Max length : 22.0 cm TL

Common length : 17 cm TL

max. reported age: 6 years

Occurs in open water. Widely scattered when water is colder than 15 °C; as the water warms, descends into deeper, colder water.

It is one of three species of whitefishes endemic to Bear Lake, the others being the Bear Lake whitefish and the Bonneville whitefish.

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