- SCIENTIFIC NAME
- Prosopium williamsoni
- CLASSIFICATION
- Fish
- LIFE SPAN
- 7-8 Years
- SIZE
- 10-19” | 1-3lbs
- STATE CONSERVATION STATUS
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- Priority Species
- FEDERAL CONSERVATION STATUS
- Least Concern
- GAME STATUS
- Game
- Washoe
- Humboldt
- Pershing
- Churchill
- Mineral
- Lyon
- Douglas
- Carson City
- Storey
- Elko
- Lander
- Eureka
- White Pine
- Esmeralda
- Nye
- Lincoln
- Clark
Habitat & Range
A stream resident, Mountain Whitefish have a wide distribution in western North America. Known populations in Nevada occur in a number of larger streams in western and northeastern Nevada. It is common in larger Sierra front streams (Truckee, Walker rivers) but has limited distribution in the Carson River. It is also found in the Jarbidge, Bruneau, and South Fork and East Fork Owyhee Rivers of Elko County.
Threats
- Habitat Degradation
Natural History
Mountain whitefish are native to many areas of the Western US, including northern Nevada. Feeding during evening or night on aquatic insects including larvae and nymphs, they are primarily bottom feeders. They breed in late fall and prefer rivers to lakes. The Mountain Whitefish is good for eating but not a common species for anglers to pursue.
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