Longnose Sucker
Catostomus catostomus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 483
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) is a species of cypriniform freshwater fish in the family Catostomidae. It is native to North America from the northern United States to the top of the continent. It is also found in Russia in rivers of eastern Siberia, and is one of only two species of sucker native to Asia (the other is the Chinese Myxocyprinus asiaticus).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Longnose sucker”.