| Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773) | ||||
| Family: | Catostomidae (Suckers) | ( not available ) | ||
| Order: | Cypriniformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Longnose sucker | |||
| Distribution: | North America: throughout most of Canada and Alaska; Atlantic Slope south to Delaware River drainage in New York, USA; Great Lakes basin; upper Monongahela River drainage in Maryland and West Virginia, USA; Missouri River drainage south to Nebraska and Colorado, USA. Also in Arctic basin of Siberia in Russia. Occurs in Columbia River System (Molly Hallock, pers. comm.). | |||
| Adult biology: | Found in clear, cold, deep water of lakes and tributary streams; occasionally found in brackish water in the Arctic (Ref. 5723). Moves from lakes into inlet streams or from slow, deep pools into shallow, gravel-bottomed portions of streams to spawn (Ref. 27547). Feeds on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 1998). Young are preyed upon by other fishes and fish-eating birds; while adults in spawning streams are taken by mammals, osprey and eagles (Ref. 1998). Utilized as a food fish or as dog food (Ref. 27547). | |||
| Diagnosis: | See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | temperate; 0 - 15°C; 38°N - 32°N | |||
| Main Ref: | Morrow, J.E.. 1980. (Ref. 27547) | |||
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| Entered by: Garilao, Cristina V. |
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