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| Scientific Name | Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773) |
| Common Name | Longnose Sucker |
| Type Locality | Severn River, tributary to Hudson Bay, Ontario, Canada. |
| Synonym(s) | Catostomus aurora, Catostomus catostomus catostomus, Catostomus catostomus lacustris, Catostomus catostomus rostratus, Catostomus communis, Catostomus forsterianus, Catostomus griseus, Catostomus hudsonius, Catostomus lactarius, Catostomus longirostris, Catostomus longirostrum, Catostomus nanomyzon, Catostomus pocatello, Catostomus retropinnis, Catostomus rostratus, Catostomus tilesii, Cyprinus castostomus, Cyprinus catostomus, Cyprinus hudsonius, Cyprinus rostratus |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 640mm or 25.2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | North America: throughout most of Canada and Alaska; Atlantic Slope south to Delaware River drainage in New York, USA; Great Lakes basin; upper Monongahela River drainage in Maryland and West Virginia, USA; Missouri River drainage south to Nebraska and Colorado, USA. Also in Arctic basin of Siberia in Russia. Occurs in Columbia River System (Molly Hallock, pers. comm.). |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London v. 63 (art. 18), pp 158, Pl. 6. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:6.76.1107.5911 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:58 (species record created: 2014 Sep 21 12:00) |