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The quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), also known as the quillback sucker, is a type of freshwater fish of the sucker family widely distributed throughout North America. [2] It is deeper-bodied than most suckers, leading to a fuller-bodied appearance. However, the quillback is not a carp.
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 ...
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 (Minytrema melanops) River redhorse ...
Carpiodes is a genus of suckers found in freshwater in North America. [1] Characteristics ... Carpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817) (Quillback) Carpiodes velifer ...
Carpiodes carpio: Lakes, reservoirs, large sluggish rivers Quillback: Carpiodes cyprinus: Large to medium sized rivers with swift flow, lakes Highfin carpsucker: Carpiodes velifer: Lakes, reservoirs, large sluggish rivers White sucker: Catostomus commersonii: Rocky pools of small cool streams or big rivers, lakes Blue sucker: Cycleptus elongates
Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus) Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) White sucker (Catostomus commersoni) Creek chubsucker (Erimyzon oblongus) Northern hogsucker (Hypentelium nigricans) Golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum) Shorthead redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum)
Family Catostomidae (Suckers) White sucker. Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus) Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) White sucker (Catostomus commersonii) Silver redhorse (Moxostoma anisurum) Shorthead redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum) Greater redhorse (Moxostoma valenciennesi)
Family Catostomidae (suckers) Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) White sucker (Catostomus commersonii) Largescale sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus) Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus) Lake chubsucker (Erimyzon sucetta) Northern hog sucker (Hypentelium nigricans) Bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) Black buffalo (Ictiobus niger) Spotted ...