New Complexities in Zoogeography and Taxonomy of the Pygmy Whitefish ( Prosopium coulteri )

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Lindsey, C. C., Franzin, W. G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1972
• Subjects: Yukon; Hudson Bay; Mackenzie River; Hudson; Elliott; Mackenzie river; Prosopium coulteri; Pygmy whitefish
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f72-281; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f72-281

Pygmy whitefish (Prosopium coulteri) are recorded for the first time from the Peel–Mackenzie river drainage (Elliott Lake, Yukon Territory) and from the Hudson Bay drainage (Waterton Lakes, Alberta, in the South Saskatchewan–Nelson river system). The morphology of specimens from both localities cont...