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  2. Shortnose sucker - Wikipedia

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    The shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) is a rare species of fish in the family Catostomidae, the suckers. This fish is native to southern Oregon and northern California in the United States. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. This fish can grow up to half a meter long.

  3. Shorthead redhorse - Wikipedia

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    The shorthead redhorse ( Moxostoma macrolepidotum) is a wide-ranging species in North America. The shorthead redhorse is native to central and eastern North America. However, its range has expanded to include areas like the Hudson estuary and Grayson County, Texas. It inhabits small to large rivers and lakes, and lives in the benthic zone.

  4. Basal shoot - Wikipedia

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    A basal shoot emerging from the base of a juvenile tree. Basal shoots, root sprouts, adventitious shoots, and suckers are words for various kinds of shoots that grow from adventitious buds on the base of a tree or shrub, or from adventitious buds on its roots. Shoots that grow from buds on the base of a tree or shrub are called basal shoots ...

  5. Sucker (zoology) - Wikipedia

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    A sucker in zoology is a specialised attachment organ of an animal. It acts as an adhesion device in parasitic worms, several flatworms, cephalopods, certain fishes, amphibians, and bats. It is a muscular structure for suction on a host or substrate. In parasitic annelids, flatworms and roundworms, suckers are the organs of attachment to the ...

  6. Octopus - Wikipedia

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    The suckers allow the octopus to anchor itself or to manipulate objects. Each sucker is usually circular and bowl-like and has two distinct parts: an outer shallow cavity called an infundibulum and a central hollow cavity called an acetabulum, both of which are thick muscles covered in a protective chitinous cuticle. When a sucker attaches to a ...

  7. Cephalopod limb - Wikipedia

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    Arms and buccal mass of the squid Taningia danae.As in other Octopoteuthidae, the tentacles are absent in adults. Oral view of the bobtail squid Semirossia tenera Head and limbs of the bobtail squid Rossia glaucopis Oral view of male Bathypolypus arcticus with hectocotylus on arm III (left) Cephalopod suckers and configuration of suckers on tentacular club Serrated suckers of a giant squid ...

  8. Klamath smallscale sucker - Wikipedia

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    Klamath smallscale sucker. The Klamath smallscale sucker (Catostomus rimiculus), also known as the Jenny Creek sucker, [1] [2] is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae. [3] It is a freshwater fish that primarily inhabits the Trinity and Klamath River watersheds, as well as the overall region of the Klamath Basin in general.

  9. Shortnose sturgeon - Wikipedia

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    Fishing for sturgeon was a common practice among Native Americans and settlers who arrived along the East Coast of North America. The shortnose sturgeon ( Acipenser brevirostrum) is a small and endangered species of North American sturgeon. The earliest remains of the species are from the Late Cretaceous Period, over 70 million years ago. [ 5]

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