mountain whitefish

noun

1. a whitefish, Prosopium williamsoni, inhabiting mountain streams and lakes of the western U.S. and Canada.

Example Sentences

Affected species include the brown and rainbow trout, mountain whitefish and sculpins that are a food source for the larger fish.

From Seattle Times

More than 140 fish were evaluated, and high levels of selenium were found in six mountain whitefish and one redside shiner.

From Seattle Times

“There are a lot of different species in Jackson Lake, so native specieswise there’s three good forage species in there: Utah suckers, Utah chubs and mountain whitefish,” she said.

From Seattle Times

A news release by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says laboratory results confirmed the recently discovered fish died from a microscopic parasite that causes proliferative kidney disease, the same disease that killed off thousands of mountain whitefish last year.

From Washington Times

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks said its workers found 19 dead mountain whitefish on Thursday in the Paradise Valley upstream of Livingston.

From Washington Times