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The river redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada. They can range from 10 to 30 inches in length and can potentially reach a weight of more than 10 pounds after maturity.
Suckers were an important source of food for Indigenous Americans across the continent. Many fishing methods were employed with the most elaborate being stone fish traps constructed on spawning rivers, remnants of these traps can be seen today in Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park where the Achomawi people trapped Sacramento suckers .
Later in life it is typically one of the larger species in the waterways. In the northern tier of its range it lives in deeper streams and lakes and are sought by large predatory fish such as muskellunge and northern pike. Sometimes it competes with other sucker species and redhorse for breeding habitat.
Goose Lake Sucker: Catostomus occidentalis lacusanserinus: Tahoe Sucker: Catostomus tahoensis: Owens Sucker: Catostomus fumelventris: Lost River Sucker: Catostomus luxatus: Klamath Largescale Sucker: Catostomus snyderi: Klamath Smallscale Sucker: Catostomus rimiculus: Modoc Sucker: Catostomus microps: Santa Ana Sucker: Catostomus santaanae ...
The Warner sucker (Catostomus warnerensis) is a rare species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae. Native to Oregon in the United States and found only in the Warner Basin, its distribution extends just into Nevada [2] and California. [3] It is a federally listed threatened species. Its other common name is redhorse. [4]
Shorthead redhorse eat the most insects out of all the fish in the sucker family. [7] They can also eat microcrustacea and plant matter. [4] Predators of shorthead redhorse vary depending on size. Juveniles can be eaten by northern pike, walleyes, and smallmouth bass. [7] Adult or larger shorthead redhorse are eaten by northern pike and ...
The silver redhorse is the longest-lived redhorse known by nearly a decade, with ages exceeding 40 years. [2] Redhorses are broadly of conservation concern, as these long-lived species are highly intolerant to environmental pollution, [ 5 ] habitat fragmentation , [ 5 ] and are currently subject to unregulated 21st century sport bowfishing ...
Catostomus is a genus of fish belonging to the family Catostomidae, commonly known as suckers. This genus of fish usually lives in freshwater basins. [ 2 ] Most members of the genus are native to North America, but C. catostomus is also found in Russia.