Bonneville cisco

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Bonneville whitefish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Prosopium
Species: P. gemmifer
Binomial name
Prosopium gemmifer

The Bonneville cisco (Prosopium gemmifer) is a species of cisco endemic to Bear Lake along the Utah-Idaho border, USA. 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.

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