WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Longnose sucker

Catostomus catostomus

Also known as: Black Sucker, Finescale Sucker, Jasper Longnose Sucker, Long-nosed Sucker, Northern Sucker, Red Sucker, Red-sided Sucker, Siberian Sucker, Sturgeon Sucker

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2021
Adult
@fishx6 · Jasper Lake, Canada · May 20231 / 4
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Overview

Found over shallow, gravel bottoms, and in deep pools, in clear, cold, deep water lakes, and tributary streams, occasionally found in brackish waters of the Arctic.
Widespread North America

Suckerfish are fund in freshwaters they have thick fleshy lips with no teeth, but their throat has a single row of teeth with which to grind their food up against a roughed base plate.

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How to identify

Pattern
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Habitat & where to find it

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Found over shallow, gravel bottoms, and in deep pools, in clear, cold, deep water lakes, and tributary streams, occasionally found in brackish waters of the Arctic.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCypriniformes
    5. familyCatostomidae
    6. genusCatostomus
    7. speciesCatostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)

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    Cypriniformes