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The fish can also be found in the Great Lakes, excluding Lake Superior, and the Lakes’ basin, as well as in the Lake of the Woods. The Mobile Bay drainage basin in the states of Alabama, Georgia, and southeastern Tennessee also contains the golden redhorse. [2] In Mississippi there is an isolated population in the southwestern part of the state.
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.
While the fins are usually opaque, in older fish they may be dark yellow. It is distributed along the Mississippi River basin from Pennsylvania to Montana. 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 ...
The fish is an intermediate level consumer that feeds on benthic detritus, specifically on microcrustacea and midge larvae. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] Its average length is 25.8 cm. E. sucetta reportedly scatters its eggs randomly over aquatic vegetation and submerged grass in ponds [ 5 ] or over gravelly areas cleared by males.
The creek chubsucker is an important species in lotic water systems. It is a fish that turns over energy by consuming vegetation detritus. [17] The creek chubsucker also regulates population levels of macro-invertebrates and algae, and it serves as an important prey fish for many desirable game fish species. [7]
The spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops) is a species of sucker (fish) that is native to eastern North America. The spotted sucker inhabits deep pools of small to medium rivers over clay, sand or gravel. They are occasionally found in creeks and large rivers. Through its life stages, the spotted sucker goes from a mid-depth predator to a bottom ...
The quillback is a medium-sized, deep-bodied fish found throughout North America. It has a small head, humped back and deeply forked caudal fin. The compressed body of the quillback makes it look flattened when viewed from the side. [8] The quillback has a subterminal mouth with no barbels, and no nipple-like protrusions on the bottom lip.
The International Game Fish Association all tackle world record stands at just 3 lb 11 oz (1.7 kg) caught in Kalispell, Montana. [6] However the Idaho state record sits at 9 lb (4.1 kg) and a 27.7 in (70 cm) fish stands as the catch and release record. [7]