Species: Catostomus catostomus
Longnose Sucker
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Catostomidae
Genus
Catostomus
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
meunier rouge
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Suckers
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Cypriniformes - Catostomidae - Catostomus - Once thought to consist of a number of subspecies; semidistinct dwarf forms are known from various parts of the range (Lee et al. 1980). See Smith (1992) for a study of the phylogeny and biogeography of the Catostomidae.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A fish (sucker).
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
true - true - false - Often migrates between upstream spawning areas and nonspawning habitat (Scott and Crossman 1973).
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Eats mostly bottom invertebrates (Scott and Crossman 1973).
Reproduction Comments
Spawns in spring. Eggs hatch in about 2 weeks. Sexually mature in 4-7 years, or as late as 9 years (Scott and Crossman 1973, Becker 1983).
Length
64
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-09-18
Global Status Last Changed
1996-09-18
Other Status
Special Concern - 1989-01-01
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - This is the most widespread sucker in northern North America. It occurs throughout most of Alaska and Canada, south to New England, West Virginia-Maryland, northern Ohio, northern Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, eastern Colorado, Idaho, and Washington; also in northeastern Asia. It has been introduced in the upper Colorado River drainage, Wyoming and Colorado.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)