round whitefish

Freshly netted round whitefish. TL~ 327 mm.

 

Class: Actinopterygii

Order: Salmoniformes

Family: Salmonidae

Subfamily: Coregoninae

Genus: Prosopium

Species: cylindraceum

 

Locality: Canada, Ontario, Lake Superior, Pukaskwa National Park

Date: September 17, 2009

TL = 327 mm

Habitat: freshwater, oligotrophic - upper Great Lakes

Caught in a 2" gillnet at 6 m depth.

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