Prosopium


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Key words: Montana, Mountain Whitefish, Mycobacterium, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Prosopium williamsoni, Rainbow Trout
Preserved tissue samples from multiple infected Mountain Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) from the Missouri River, Montana, were identified by individuals at Oregon State University.
Age, growth, maturity, and seasonal food habits of round whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, in Lake Michigan near Ludington, Michigan.
On the ecology of Skenna River whitefishes, Coregonus and Prosopium. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 12:499-542.
Characteristics of riverine broadcast spawning pygmy whitefish (Prosopium coulterii).
Morphological and genetic analyses identify a new record of a glacial relict: Pygmy Whitefish (Prosopium coulterii) from Northwestern Ontario.
Other native fish in the Weber River include the mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni), Bonneville cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki utah), Utah sucker, mountain sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus), speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus), longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae), mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii), Paiute sculpin (Cottus beldingi), Utah chub (Gila atraria) and redside shiner (Richardsonius balteatus).
Species-specific restrictions are not possible because humpback whitefish and least cisco, as well as round whitefish (Prosopium tylindraceum) and the occasional broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus), often occupy the same areas in the river concurrently, and it is difficult to distinguish among species while spear fishing.
Officially known as round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum), these medium-size fish are known to many as "frost fish" because they spawn late in the year (November and December), sometimes under the ice.
Propagation of interior commercial species by the Division of Fish Culture was accompanied by a steady effort to restore the principal food fish of the Great Lakes, round whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, and lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush.
Key words: Yukon River, migration, chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, whitefish, Coregonus spp., Prosopium spp., inconnu.
Mots cles: fleuve Yukon, migration, saumon quinnat, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, saumon keta, Oncorhynchus keta, cisco, Coregonus spp., Prosopium spp., inconnu, Stenodus leucichthys, lamproie arctique, Lampetra camtschatica, ombre arctique, Thymallus arcticus
Species n Frequency Compo- of Occur- sition rence (%) (%) Slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus) 17 94 34.3 Burbot (Lota Iota) 16 89 19.4 Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) 16 89 39.5 Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) 7 39 2.9 Northern pike (Esox lucius) 2 11 1.3 Lake chub (Couesius plumbeus) 2 11 0.4 Round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum) 1 6 0.3 Ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) 1 6 1.4 Longnose sucker (Catastornus catastomus) 1 6 0.4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We analyzed abundance indices, as logetransformed catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE), of four marine species (arctic cod, Boreogadus saida; fourhorn sculpin, Myoxocephalus quadricornis; arctic flounder, Pleuronectes glacialis; saffron cod, Eleginus gracilis); two freshwater species (round whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum; arctic grayling, Thymallus arcticus); and the anadromous rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax, to determine whether there were increases in the abundances of marine species and declines in anadromous and freshwater species.
On a analyse les indices d'abondance, exprimes en loge des prises par unite d'effort (PPUE), de quatre especes marines (morue arctique, Boreogadus saida; chaboisseau a quatre cornes, Myoxocephalus quadricornis; plie arctique, Pleuronectes glacialis; navaga jaune, Eleginus gracilis); deux especes d'eau douce (menomini rond, Prosopium cylindraceum, et ombre arctique, Thymallus arcticus); ainsi qu'une espece anadrome (eperlan arc-en-ciel, Osmerus mordax), afin de determiner s'il y avait une augmentation dans l'abondance des especes marines et une diminution dans les especes anadromes et d'eau douce.