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WoRMS taxon details

Prosopium williamsoni (Girard, 1856)

AphiaID

567546 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567546)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Prosopium Jordan, 1878

Original name

Coregonus williamsoni Girard, 1856

Synonymised names

Coregonus oregonius Jordan & Snyder, 1909 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Coregonus williamsoni Girard, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)

Prosopium oregonium (Jordan & Snyder, 1909) · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Coregonus williamsoni Girard, 1856) Girard, C. F. (1856). Contributions to the ichthyology of the western coast of the United States, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 8: 131-137., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/34406 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Prosopium williamsoni (Girard, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567546 on 2026-03-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-05 08:23:11Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2020-12-17 07:28:26Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Coregonus williamsoni Girard, 1856) Girard, C. F. (1856). Contributions to the ichthyology of the western coast of the United States, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 8: 131-137., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/34406 [details]

original description (of Coregonus oregonius Jordan & Snyder, 1909) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder, J. O. (1909). Description of a new whitefish (Coregonus oregonius) from McKenzie River, Oregon. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 36 (no. 1677): 425-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.36-1677.425 [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]