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Prosopium coulterii (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1892)

Pygmy whitefish
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Amerikanskiy ozerno-rechnoi sig, Pygmy whitefish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: In 1989, it was reported in the Amguema basin, in Ekityki, Bezymyannoe, Gol'tsovoe and Ravkergygytgyn lakes (Ref. 26334). nEurRus
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

分類 / Names 共通名の | 類義語 | Catalog of Fishes(部類, ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Salmoniformes (Salmons) > Salmonidae (Salmonids) > Coregoninae
Etymology: Prosopium: Greek, prosopon = face (Ref. 45335);  coulterii: Named after Dr. J.M. Coulter, a distinguished botanist..
  More on authors: Eigenmann & Eigenmann.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態学

; 新鮮な水 底生の漂泳性; 深さの範囲 18 - 168 m (Ref. 27547), usually 55 - 70 m (Ref. 1998).   Temperate; 59°N - 47°N

分布 国々 | 国連食糧農業機関の区域 | エコシステム | 事件 | Point map | 導入 | Faunafri

North America: three disjunct areas: Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada and Michigan, USA; Yukon River drainage in Yukon, Canada to Columbia River drainage in western Montana and Washington, USA; and Chignik, Naknek and Wood River drainages in southwest Alaska. Europe: Russia (Ref. 26334).

サイズ / 重さ / 年齢

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm TL オス/雌雄の選別がない; (Ref. 5723); common length : 11.5 cm TL オス/雌雄の選別がない; (Ref. 12193); 最大記録サイズ: 9 年 (Ref. 10320)

簡単な記述 検索表 | 形態学 | 形態計測学

背面の脊椎 (合計) : 0; 背鰭 (合計) : 10 - 13; 肛門の骨: 0; 臀鰭: 10 - 14; 脊つい: 49 - 55. Body elongate, almost cylindrical. Head elongate, its length slightly greater than body depth; eye relatively large, its diameter greater than snout length; snout bluntly rounded, overhanging mouth, not obviously pointed, a single flap of skin present between nostrils. Nuptial tubercles developed in both males and females, but more conspicuous in males, and occur on top of head, on scales on back and sides, and on paired fins. Body is brownish above, silvery on sides and white below. Dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins usually clear, anal and pelvic whitish and immaculate, a faint dark spot sometimes present on base of caudal fin. A series of 12 - 14 similar spots present along the midline of the back, and 7 - 14 dark, round or oval parr marks with diffuse borders present along the lateral line of young and sub adults, although some Alaskan forms retain parr marks even on largest fish.

生物学     用語集 (例 epibenthic)

Inhabits lakes and rivers of mountainous areas (Ref. 1998). Feeds mainly on crustaceans and aquatic insect larvae (Ref. 1998). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 1998.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | 繁殖 | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | 幼生

Moves to spawning grounds in the early winter and presumably back into deeper water after spawning. Spawns at night, presumably the eggs are broadcast, settling into interstices in the gravel. Hatching occurs the following spring (Ref. 27547).

主な参考文献 Upload your references | 参考文献 | コーディネーター | 協力者

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)

IUCNのレッドリストの状況は (Ref. 130435)

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