Range extension for Pygmy Whitefish (Prosopium coulterii) in the Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: The Canadian Field-Naturalist
• Main Authors: Vecsei, Paul, Panayi, Damian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2015
• Subjects: Range extension; Pygmy Whitefish; Prosopium coulterii; Northwest Territories; Coregoninae; distribution; Bluefish Lake; Yellowknife Lake; Great Slave Lake; Canada; Great Bear Lake; Yellowknife; Yellowknife River; Pygmy whitefish
• Online Access: https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1669; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v129i1.1669

We document the first occurrence of Pygmy Whitefish (Prosopium coulterii) in the Northwest Territories outside of Great Bear Lake. Six specimens were captured in Bluefish Lake in September 2012. Bluefish Lake is on the Yellowknife River, approximately 25 km upstream from Great Slave Lake.