Bonneville cisco
| Bonneville whitefish | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Prosopium |
| Species: | P. gemmifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Prosopium gemmifer (Snyder, 1919) | |
The Bonneville cisco (Prosopium gemmifer) is a species of cisco endemic to Bear Lake along the Utah-Idaho border, United States. It is one of three species of whitefish endemic to Bear Lake, the others being the Bear Lake whitefish and the Bonneville whitefish.
The species is listed as a Wildlife Species of Concern by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Prosopium gemmifer" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- Utah Conservation Data Center - Bonneville cisco
- Utah Division of Wildlife Resources - Bear Lake
- Utah Sensitive Species List
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