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The river carpsucker, like most suckers, is a bottom feeder and obtains its nutrients from algae, microcrustaceans, and other various tiny planktonic plants and animals found in silty substrates. Like its congener, the quillback, the river carpsucker is long-lived, with a known maximum lifespan of 40 years in Colorado, [2] and 47 years in ...
The highfin carpsucker (Carpiodes velifer) is a freshwater fish found in the southeastern and midwestern United States. Its usual habitat is medium to large-size rivers where it is mostly found 1 to 3 metres (3 to 10 ft) beneath the surface.
River carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio) Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus) Highfin carpsucker (Carpiodes velifer) White sucker (Catostomus commersonii) Blue sucker (Cycleptus elongatus) Northern hogsucker (Hypentelium nigricans) Smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus) Bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) Black buffalo (Ictiobus niger) Spotted sucker ...
The quillback is closely related to the highfin carpsucker and the river carpsucker. All three species are rarely caught by anglers due to their feeding habits, but they have been caught occasionally on worms, minnows, and artificial lures. [citation needed] Quillbacks usually feed in schools.
Carpiodes carpio (Rafinesque, 1820) (River carpsucker) Carpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817) (Quillback) Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque, 1820) (Highfin carpsucker) References
River carpsucker; V. Carpiodes velifer This page was last edited on 6 February 2020, at 19:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Common carp by Alexander Francis Lydon. The type subspecies is Cyprinus carpio carpio, native to much of Europe (notably the Danube and Volga rivers). [2] [4]The subspecies Cyprinus carpio haematopterus (Amur carp), native to eastern Asia, was recognized in the past, [4] but recent authorities treat it as a separate species under the name Cyprinus rubrofuscus.
The mountain sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus) is a sucker found throughout western North America, on both sides of the Rocky Mountains, including the upper Missouri River, Columbia River, Sacramento River, and Colorado River. It is not limited to higher altitudes but is known from locations as high as 2,800 m (9,200 ft).