Prosopium coulterii

  • Scientific name

    • Prosopium coulterii

  • Common name

    • Pygmy whitefish

  • Family

    • Salmonidae

  • External links

    • Fishbase
Trait completeness 20%
Total data11
References5
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Traits detail

Egg (71.0%)

Trait id Trait Primary data Secondary Data References
2 Egg size after water-hardening 2.00 2.0 mm Barnett and Paige, 2012
2 Egg size after water-hardening 1.30-1.80 1.55 mm COSEWIC, 2016
5 Incubation time 127-145 136.0 days Barnett and Paige, 2012
4 Egg adhesiveness Adhesive Adhesive Barnett and Paige, 2012
6 Temperature for incubation 0.7 to slightly warmer than 4 0.7 °C Barnett and Paige, 2012
3 Egg Buoyancy Demersal Demersal Sturm, 1988

Larvae (71.0%)

Trait id Trait Primary Data Secondary Data References
8 Initial larval size 12.5 12.5 mm Barnett and Paige, 2012
9 Larvae behaviour typically benthic Demersal COSEWIC, 2016
10 Reaction to light photonegative Photophobic Zemlak and McPhail, 2006
11 Temperature during larval development <18 18.0 °C Zemlak and McPhail, 2006
13 Full yolk-sac resorption 6 days 2.62-2.67 C 2.65 °C * day Barnett et al, 2012